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EPITAPHS 



FROM THE 



Old Burying Ground 



IN 



GROTON, MASSACHUSETTS. 



BUttjj RTotcs anto an Sppetrtni. 



BY 



SAMUEL A. GREEN, M.D. 



" Data suntnpsis ffluoque fata sepulcris." 

Juvenal. 

BRARY 




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LITTLE, BM)W, & COMPANY. 

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Cambridge : 
Press of John Wilson and Son. 




THIS 



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IS PRINTED AS 

A TRIBUTE TO THE VIRTUES OF THOSE WHO SLEEP IN THE OLD 
BURYING GROUND AT GROTON ; 

AND 

IS INSCRIBED TO THEIR MEMORY. 



And is this all, a name, a date, 
Graved on the mouldering stone ? 

And since, like men, rocks have their fate, 
Hozv soon shall this be gone ! 

Nay, traveller, look on every side ; 

For all the smiling scene, 
The fertile farms, the pastures wide, — 

These keep their memory green. 

They held their own 'mid fierce alarms, 
With courage, prayer, and toil, 

'Gainst savage foes and British arms, 
Still masters of the soil. 

No tombstone holds such meji s renown ; 

But this their deathless fame, — 
That children's children still Jiand down 

A pure and spotless name ! 




INTRODUCTION. 



A BURYING GROUND is suggestive of many thoughts. 
It represents a vast deal of affliction and bereavement. 
Each tombstone implies, generally, many days of mingled 
hope and anxiety, as well as long and weary nights of watch- 
ing. The deepest depths of human feeling have been reached, 
as the kindred have stood around the open grave, and seen 
it filled with earth. Their very tears have consecrated the 
spot and made it hallowed ground. A stroll along the paths 
is wholesome in its lesson, for it reminds one of the uncertain 
hour that is certain to come. The quaint and homely 
epitaphs tell of an undying faith in a future life, and show 
the consolation that springs from such a belief. 

Many names and dates, found nowhere else, are given on 
tombstones, and it is to rescue these facts from oblivion that 
this collection of epitaphs is now printed. Personal history 
is soon forgotten, and family records are easily lost ; and after 
the lapse of time the very inscriptions will be worn away. 

" monumenta fatiscunt, 
Mors etiam saxis nominibusque venit." 

The old Burying Ground in Groton is situated very near 
the site of the second meeting-house, which was begun in 
the year 1680. The Ground has probably been used contin- 
uously for burial purposes since 1678, the date of the resettle- 
ment of the town after it had been burned by the Indians. 



Vlil INTRODUCTION. 



Its shape is nearly a right-angled parallelogram, about fifteen 
rods by thirty-two, and it contains three acres or thereabouts. 
The oldest monument within the enclosure is in memory of 
James Prescott, who died, May 9, 1704. He was the son 
of Jonas Prescott, a blacksmith, who procured a rough stone 
and chiselled the inscription himself with one of his own 
tools. Headboards may have been used before this time, but 
these in a few years would decay and disappear. It is very 
likely, however, that the earliest graves were not marked 
either by wood or stone. Most of the slabs in the graveyard 
are of slate, and were taken, probably, from the quarry in the 
adjoining town of Harvard, though a few may have been 
brought from England. In former times gravestones were 
occasionally imported all finished, except the lettering, which 
was put on afterwards. 

The Ground is now crowded with its silent occupants, who 
outnumber, many times over, those living in the town. It 
has been the resting-place of the dead during two centuries, 
and for this reason should always be an object of interest and 
affection to the inhabitants <>l Groton. The feeling is akin 
to piety that prompts a people to take care of God's acre ; and 
the living pay a due respect to the memory of the dead by 
making the place attractive. 

The following entry contains the earliest reference to the 
Burying Ground found in the town records: — 

''Grotton January the 15 day in the y c 1710" 
At a town meeting leagley warned prosedeth as foloeth by the 
maior uote have agreed upon and chose a comety to stat the 
Buiring place and reglat the hiways in the town whare it is nedfull 
the men chosen 

Knsign Farnsworth 

Samuill scriptor simor the towns 

Thomas tarbell comety 



Samuill Parker 
Joseph lakin 



Joseph lakin 
dark " 



INTRODUCTION. IX 



At this time the Ground had not yet been fenced in, nor 
its limits definitely fixed. Its use for burial purposes, doubt- 
less, arose from its convenient position, and not from any 
formal vote of the town. The following writing, now in the 
possession of Mr. George D. Brigham, implies that there had 
been some slight disagreement between the town and the 
owners of the land : — 

" Grotton Janewary the 23 in the year 1710L 1 

A finall agrement betwen We the Subscribers to wit as foloeth 
that is to say the town Shall have for evir the Buring place from 
the high way by the meting house and so bounded Southerly upon 
M r hobarts fance where it now stands and bounded Westerly by 
lancister hiway for and in consideration of medow at masabog and 
up land where they shall pitch and allso to confinne the bounds of 
that Swamp and upland south to Joseph lakin and Abraham lakin 
as thair fances now stands it is to be onder stood tHat if thair be 
six acors of medow thay are to haue it if not to haue land equiva- 
lant to it and if not medow than fifty acors of upland. 

Shebuel : hobart 
Gershora hobart 
the towns Comety 

Thomas tarbill 

Samuell parker 

John farnsworth 

his 

Samuill g Scripter se[nior] 

mark 

Joseph Lakin " 

These two subscribers were sons of the Reverend Gershom 
Hobart, a former minister of the place, who had died in the 
year 1705. He lived on the site of the present Baptist 
meeting-house, directly opposite to one end of the Ground, 
and probably the sons had inherited the land from their 
father. The Reverend Mr. Hobart came "to Groton in the 
spring of 1678, — the time of its resettlement, — or very soon 
afterward ; and the town granted him, June 29, 1678, from 
the common land, a large number of acres in different lots, 
including probably the limits of the Burying Ground. It is 



INTRODUCTION. 



likely that the encroachment on Mr. Hobart's boundaries 
was so gradual that no notice was taken of it during his 
lifetime. 

The following votes are found under their respective dates 
in the town records : — 

March 2, 1724/5. "voted that they would fence in the burying 
place in said town ; the question being put whether they would 
Chuse a committee to take care concerning fencing in of sd bury- 
ing place in sd town & the committee bring their Report to the 
town at the next town meeting it past in the affirmative then 
proceeded & chose Richard Warnner Jonathan page and Jonathan 
hubbard for the committee before mentioned to take care concern- 
ing the fencing in the burying place " 

May 14, 1725. "voted y* the Committee that were Imployed 
to uew the burying place in order to the fencing of it in viz' Richard 
Warner Jonathan Page & Jonathan hubbard are Impowred & 
Directed to make a fence with boards about said burying place at 
the Cost & Charge of the town " 

September 10, 172S. "voted, that Will"' Shattuck shall have 
Liberty to mow the burying Place for the term of seven years upon 
condition that the said Shattuck keep in Good Repair the fence 
about said burying place, and Leave it so at the end of said term 
of time further voted that the said Shattuck Leave out a Lane of 
one pole wide at the south end thereof the fence at the suth end to 
be made at the Cost & Charge of the said Shattuck & Jonathan 
Page 

further voted that Jon' hubbard Joseph Lakin & Sam" Tarbell be 
A com" ee to Leas out the Gras Growing in said burying place as is 
above mentioned " 

July 23, 1734. "Voted That William Shattuck may feed the 
Buriing place with Raines for the [year] 1734." 

May 16, 1737. "Voted that The Selectmen air Desired & fully 
Impowered to take Care of the buring Place at y? Cost & Charge 
of the Town: to see that it he well fenced in & to Call William 
Shattuck to aim accomp'. for the time he had the Care of it & to 
Sue the said Shattuck their for if they See ( !aus or any other 
person, or Persons that shall Trespasse on Said buring Place &c : " 

August 21, 1738. "Voted that they will haue \ ? Buring place 
fenced in &c. Also voted that it be fenced in with a Good Stone 
Wall &c : 



INTRODUCTION. XI 



Voted that Jonathan Page Samu" Tarbell & Nathaniel Woods 
to be a Com" 6 & fully Impowered them to fence in the buring Place 
with a Good Stone Wall that is to [be] a Wall of foure feet & an 
half high & that thay Civer the Same with a flat Stone to be Don 
all at the towns Cost : 

Voted that the Selectmen Stake out how bige the Buring place 
shall be fenced in, &c : 

Voted y* yf com'" Despose of all y e bords & fence about yf buring 
place to the best advantage the Can for yf towns use." 

May 23, 1739. "Voted that the Com" 6 Chosen to fence in the 
Burying place: Do fence it with a Good Stone Wall viz' the East 
& West Ends, and the Two Other Sides with a Good Ditch Wall 
& to hew a Sufficient log Three Square and Lay it on the Top of 
si wall all Round s A . Burying Place." 

March 4, 1739-40. "Voted that y e Comf 6 Chosen at a former 
town meeting to Sell Parte of y 6 highways in s? town be ordered to 
pay to yf Com' 66 Chosen to fence in yf buring Place in s? town 
yf Sum of fifty Pounds of yf Money Raised upon yf Selling of 
Highways as afores? to Enable them to Carry on si work &c : " 

The following article appears in the warrant for the town 
meeting, held November 3, 1794: — 

" 4. To See if the Town will repair the monument over the 
rev? Caleb Trowbridge 9 grave it being nearly fallen down & choose 
some person to see it done." 

The subject was duly considered at the meeting, when it 
was 

" Voted that D". Sam! Lawrence repair the monument over the 
Rev? Caleb Trowbridge Grave." 

In the warrant for the town meeting, held November 7, 
1796, the seventh article is 

" 7. To see if the Town will enlarge their Burying Ground by 
Purchase or otherwise and do any thing to prevent the new graves 
interfering with the old ones — and pass Such Votes and orders 
thereon as they may think proper." 

The meeting was duly held, when a committee was 
appointed, consisting of Lieutenant Samuel Rockwood, 



Xll INTRODUCTION. 



Deacon Samuel Lawrence, and Timothy Bigelow, Esq., to 
consider the subject and report at the next meeting. This 
was accordingly done, and the following is their report made 
on May I, 1797: — 

"The Committee to whom was referred the expediency of 
exchanging the old road belonging to the Town leading from 
Cap' Josep!' Richardsons to W m Lepears for a piece of land belong- 
ing to said Richardson lying contiguous to the burying ground on 
the south side thereof — and your Committee are of opinion that 
said exchange would be expedient : and that the selectmen be 
authorized to give said Richardson a deed of that part of said old 
road that lies between the town road leading by W™ Lepears and 
the northwesterly corner of the land now occupied by the Wid° 
Mary Tarbell — and that the selectmen should also be authorized 
to receive of said Richardson a deed to the Town of a peice of his 
land, bounded thus, begining at the Southeast corner of the burying 
ground and running Southerly to the fifth post in said Richardson's 
fence thence westerly to the back door of said Richardsons coat 
house thence northeasterly by the Town road to the Southwest 
corner of the burying ground — thence on the southerly side of 
the burying Ground to the corner first mentioned — and that the 
selectmen be authorized to agree with Cap! Richardson on the 
terms of exchange. 

Sam 1 . Rockwood 1 
Groton May 1, 1797 Submitted by Sam 1 . Lawrance - Comml 

Tim? Bigelow J 

The extracts from the town records after this date are 
made to conform, in spelling, punctuation, and capitalization, 
to common usage. 

In the warrant for the town meeting, held June 21, 1802, 
the third article is as follows : — 

"III. To see if the town will order that piece of land King 
contiguous to the south side of the burying yard, which was pur- 
chased of Captain Richardson in 1797, to be added to the yard by 
enclosing the same with the fence, choose a committee for that 
purpose, or give any directions relating thereto as the town may 
think proper.''' 

When the subject was considered at the meeting, it was 



INTRODUCTION. xiii 



" Voted, that the land mentioned in this article be enclosed with 
the fence of the common burying yard ; also voted that the select- 
men be a committee to effect the same.'' 

At the town meeting, held June 5, 181 1, the following 
article was considered : — 

"III. To see, as the wall upon the north side of the burying 
ground must of necessity be immediately rebuilt, if the town will 
order it to be set, so as to include all the land, belonging to said 
town, lying between the north side of said burying ground and the 
two roads that separate at the town's pound, the one leading to 
Spalter's Tavern, and the other leading by the gunhouse." 

Whereupon it was 

" Voted, that this article be committed to a committee of three 
persons, and that Captain James Lewis, James Brazer, and William 
Livermore be the same, with orders to report at some future 
meeting." 

In the proceedings of September 23, 181 1, it is recorded : — 

" III. On this article, the Committee chosen in June last, to 
consider the expediency of rebuilding the wall upon the north side 
of the Burying Ground, and enlarging the same, reported that in 
their opinion it was expedient, which report was accepted by the 
town and ordered to be recorded ; but, upon motion for reconsider- 
ing the vote, it was obtained, and likewise a vote to pass over the 
article." 

The following articles are found in the warrant for the 
town meeting, held in March, 1842: — 

" Article VII. To see if the town will direct the wall around the 
graveyard to be repaired or pass any vote in relation to the 
subject. 

" Article VIII. To see if the town will pass any vote in relation 
to the tombs in the graveyard." 

The action taken on these articles, at an adjourned meeting 
held April 4, 1842, was as follows : — 

" Voted, to direct the selectmen to repair the wall around the 
graveyard as they may think proper. 



xiv INTRODUCTION. 



" Voted, to direct the tombs in the graveyard to be covered with 
gravel, and then referred the subject to the selectmen with dis- 
cretionary power subject to the foregoing vote." 

These votes, however, were slightly modified by the subse- 
quent action at the town meeting, held May 23, 1842. The 
article in the warrant for that meeting reads : — 

" Article V. To see whether the town will reconsider the vote 
passed at their last meeting so far as to leave the subject-matter of 
the tombs on and around the graveyard, and the manner in which 
the doors shall be secured, to the said selectmen, acting as a board 
of health ; and to give the selectmen power to cause said tombs 
to be secured with an outside door of iron and an inside door of 
wood, if they shall think that will render them secure, or pass any 
vote in relation to that subject." 

In the proceedings of the meeting, it is recorded that 

"The subject-matter of fifth article was referred to the selectmen, 
and the former vote reconsidered." 

From the warrant for the town meeting, held April 28, 
1845:- 

" Article II. To see if the town will raise or appropriate a sum of 
money to improve the condition of the burial ground and repair 
the fence around the same. 

"Article III. To see if the town will permit any persons who 
may form an association for that purpose to ornament the burial 
ground by planting trees and shrubs within and around the same, 
or pass any vote in relation to the burial ground." 

From the proceedings of the meeting: — 

"Article II. Voted, that the selectmen cause the graveyard walls 
to he put in good repair and the gravestones in said yard to be set 
upright. 

"Article III. Voted to give liberty to individuals to set trees and 
shrubs in and around the burial ground, under the direction of the 
selectmen." 

From the warrant for the town meeting, held January 20, 
1 85 1 : — 



INTRODUCTION. XV 



" Article II. To see if the town will grant, to Noah Shattuck and 
others, leave to enclose and ornament according to the modern 
mode a lot or lots in the common burial ground, and to grade and 
ornament a walk or mall with a row of trees on either side through 
the centre of said yard leading from one gate to the other, on con- 
dition that in so doing no prior claims shall be injured." 

It was voted at the meeting to pass over this article. 
From the warrant for the town meeting, held in March, 
1851 : — 

" Article X. To see if the town will make any appropriation for 
ornamenting the common burying ground. 

" Article XI. To see if the town will choose a committee to 
investigate and report on what terms Noah Shattuck may ornament 
and occupy about five square rods of land in the common burying 
ground." 

From the proceedings of the adjourned meeting, held 
April 7, 185 1 : — 

" Article X. The selectmen were chosen a committee to give 
directions for any individuals wishing to ornament the yard with 
trees." 

From the warrant for the town meeting, held November 14, 

1353:- 

" Article VII. To see if the town will instruct the selectmen to 
repair the breach in the burying ground wall, made by the removal 
of the tomb of Noah Shattuck or pass any vote to effect the same." 

From the proceedings of the meeting : — 

" Article VII. The subject-matter of this article was referred to 
Joseph Rugg, Stuart J. Park, and Reuben Lewis, with instructions 
to report at future meeting." 

From the proceedings of the meeting, held April 3, 1854: — 

" Article II. Stuart J. Park' made a verbal report in relation to 
the old burying yard, which was accepted and referred to the 
selectmen, with instructions to carry out the suggestions of the 
report." 



Xvi INTRODUCTION. 



From the warrant for the town meeting, held April 5, 1858 : — 

"Article VII. To see if the town will order the selectmen to 
expend twenty dollars in ornamenting the old burying ground, or 
pass any vote in relation thereto." 

From the proceedings of the meeting : — 

"Article VII. Voted, that the selectmen expend $20 in orna- 
menting the old burying ground, and also that they should investi- 
gate the condition of the same, and report at a future meeting." 

From the warrant for the town meeting, held April 1, 1867 : — 

" Article II. To see if the town will make an appropriation for 
the improvement of the old burying ground." 

From the proceedings of the meeting: — 

" Article II. Voted, to appropriate the sum of one hundred 
dollars to renovate the old burying ground under the direction of 
the selectmen." 

The following report was made at an adjourned meeting, 
held May 6, 1872, and is found in the records of that date : — 

" Article VI. The report of the committee chosen in April last 
to examine the old burial ground and report this day, was read and 
accepted by the town, and the following is a copy, to wit : — 

" ' The committee chosen at the April meeting to examine the town 
burial ground, and to report to this meeting what was necessary to 
be done to put the same in permanent good order and respectable 
condition, respectfully report: — 

"' That they have attended to the duty assigned them, and, in their 
opinion, taking into consideration durability and economy, the best 
mode of fencing is by stone wall to be laid in the following manner; 
to wit, to remove the present walls upon the east and west sides of 
the ground, and dig a trench not less than three feet wide and 
three feet deep, fill it with small stones to within six inches of 
grade, then build a wall of the stones now in the walls, fitting them 
together as nicely as may be, three and a half feet high, and cap it 
with a straightened granite cap, eight inches in height by eighteen 
inches broad, laid to project two inches over the face of the wall, 
and to build a wall of the same kind, in the same manner, upon the 
north side, from two to six feet in front of the face of the tombs 



INTRODUCTION. XV11 



(depending, as to the distance out, upon the number of tombs which 
the proprietors are willing to surrender and have demolished), and 
to point all said walls thoroughly with cement. To set gate posts 
at each gate of hammered granite, eight square, and hang good 
composite iron gates at each gate way, with proper fastenings, 
leaving a passage for persons between the gate posts and the walls. 
To grade a walk about eight feet in width around the ground, and 
set a row of forest trees between said walk and the street. 

" ' The passage through the grounds from one gate to the other 
should also be graded, and trees set upon each side of it. The 
wall separating the burial ground from the land owned by individ- 
uals south of it should be relaid, but may be a rough wall or a 
board fence with stone posts. 

" ' The gravestones should all be righted up, the moss removed 
where it renders the inscriptions illegible, and where possible the 
ground smoothed by removing mounds and filling hollows. 

" ' Your committee think the appearance of the grounds would be 
much improved if the tomb holders would all consent to abandon 
the tombs, and have them uncovered and filled up ; those who have 
friends in them which they do not wish to remove could let them 
remain, and the covering of the tomb could be removed and the 
tomb filled up. They could then erect a gravestone or monument 
with suitable inscription to mark the spot, and they would have 
the satisfaction of knowing that the remains of their friends were 
permanently buried, which is more than can be said of them 
now. 

" ' In talking with the tomb holders, your committee find that more 
of them are willing to have them demolished, but some few as yet 
seem unwilling. But your committee think if they would all visit 
the tombs and see the dilapidated condition in which some of 
them now are, and into which condition others are liable to come 
when there are no persons here who are personally interested in 
keeping them in order, they would all be ready at once to give 
them up if they could be assured that the remains of those now in 
them would be properly and permanently covered. 

"' Your committee find there is about sixty rods of outside wall to 
be built, which, at the present price of labor and materials, they 
think will cost about twelve hundred dollars ; two iron gates of 
eight feet width, with their posts and hangings, about two hundred 
and forty dollars ; the grading, filling, and setting out trees, 
perhaps five hundred dollars ; and for contingent expenses they 
allow one hundred and fifty dollars ; making a total of two thousand 



XV111 INTRODUCTION. 



and ninety dollars. All of which is respectfully submitted by your 

committee, 

SAMUEL W. ROWE, ] 

HENRY A. BANCROFT, I Committee.' 

JOSEPH D. BLOOD, J 

" The following resolution was passed unanimously, to wit : — 

"Resolved, that we, the inhabitants of Groton, in town meeting 
assembled, accept with gratitude the liberal offer of Mr. Charles 
P. Hemenway of Boston, to pay the sum of fifteen hundred dollars 
for the purpose of fencing and beautifying our town burial ground ; 
and that we choose a committee of three persons by nomination 
from the chair, with full power to do the work in accordance with 
the report of the committee chosen in April last, this day made and 
accepted by the town. 

"The following committee was nominated and chosen to carry 
out the plans for the improvements upon the burial ground, accord- 
ing to the report of the committee ; viz., Samuel W. Rowe, Henry 
A. Bancroft, and George S. Gates. 

"Voted, that the town clerk be instructed to send a copy of this 
resolution to Mr. Hemenway." 

From the proceedings of the meeting, held March 2, 1874: — 

"Article XIII. The report of the committee chosen in May, 1872, 
to make improvements upon the old burial ground was read, 
accepted, and ordered to be placed on file in the archives of the 
town. 

" Voted, that the selectmen be ordered to draw their warrants for 
the amount paid out by the committee over and above the amount 
of cash in their hands. Also 

" Voted, that a vote of thanks be presented to Mr. Hemenway 
and a committee be appointed to get up a suitable testimonial to be 
presented to him for his liberality. And S. W. Rowe, Geo. S. 
Gates, and Henry A. Bancroft were chosen said committee. 

" Voted, that a committee of one person, consisting of S. W. Rowe, 
be appointed, and that a committee shall be annually appointed to 
take care of the old burial ground, and the sum of fifty dollars ($50) 
be appropriated for that purpose, subject to the order of said 
committee. 

" Voted, that the sum of three hundred dollars ($300) be appro- 



INTRODUCTION. XIX 



priated to pay Mr. Rowe for his services in improving the old 
burial ground." 

From the proceedings of the meeting, held March i, 1875 : — 

" Article IX. The report of S. W. Rowe, committee chosen in 
March last to take care of the old burying ground, was read, accepted, 
and its recommendations adopted ; viz., that the trees which have 
died be replaced with live ones this spring, the brush and weeds 
got rid of, and the sidewalks repaired, &c, and S. W. Rowe was 
again chosen a committee to take care of the ground, with authority 
to expend fifty dollars, if necessary, the coming year." 

During the past two years, Mr. Rowe has been appointed 
annually a committee to attend to the same duties mentioned 
in the last vote ; and a similar appropriation of money has 
been made to defray the expenses. 



The verses immediately preceding this Introduction were 
written by a lady of Rutland, Vermont, whose ancestors, on 
her mother's side, were inhabitants of Groton during two 
centuries. 

The Epitaphs were carefully copied by Mr. Arthur Bruce 
Coburn, of Charlestown, now a student of law ; and it is to 
him that I am indebted for the accurate drawings from which 
the heliotypes in this book are made. 

S. A. G. 

Boston, May, 1878. 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Page 

James Prescott's Head-stone Frontispiece 

Coat-of-Arms of Jonathan Clark Lewis 86 

Coat-of-Arms of Jonas Cutler 89 

Captain Amos and Mrs. Abigail Lawrance's Head-stone 91 

The Monument to Oliver Sheple, Jr 185 

The Monument to Colonel William and Mrs. Abigail 

Prescott 250 

Diagram of the Burying Ground 263 





GROTON EPITAPHS. 



1704 

HERE ■ LYETH "THE 

BODY-OF-IAMES- PRES 

COTT • HEE • DYED -THE 

9 • OF • MAY • 1704 ■ 
AGED-20- AND-7- WEE K s 

YERES ■ OLD 

'"PHE son of Jonas and Mary (Loker) Prescott, born 
March 16, 1684. See frontispiece. 



1712 
A W M 

1712 

s w 



I 7 1 2 



These initials are found on two foot-stones, each bearing, the 
date 1712. I am unable to identify the persons. 



[Death'' s Head.] 

Here Lyes the Body 

of M>: s Lydia Whitney, 

Wife to M r . William 

Whitney : Aged 42 

Years : Deceased, the 24 th 

of August, 1 7 16. 



1 7 1 6 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



1717 

{Death's Head.] 

Here Lyes Buried the 

Body of M r . s Sarah 
Trowbridge, Wife to y e 

Rev™ d M r Caleb 

Trowbridge ; Aged 26 

Years, & 5 M? Dec"? 

June, the 16 th , 1717. 

The daughter of Deacon Thomas and Mary (Wilson) 
Oliver, of Cambridge, born November 14, 1690. She was 
married March 10, 17 14. 

HERE LYES Y E BODY 

OF MRS SARAH 

LATE WIFE OF 

CAP T JOSEPH BOYN 

TON WHO DIED 

FEBRUARY Y E 27 

17 17 AGED 71 

WHO IN GOD HOUSE 

TOOK GREAT DELITE 

& PRIVATE MEETINGS 

OF Y E UPRIGHT 



I7l8 



[Death's Head.] 

Here Lyes y e Body 

of M r * Alice Woods 

Wife to M r Nathaniel 

Woods ; Who Dec d 

Jan r .y y e io, th 17 17/8, in y e 

45 th year of Her Age 

Daniel Woods, one of her sons, was killed in Lovewell's 
fight at Pigwacket, May 8, 1725. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



1719 

{Death's Head.] 

Here Lyes the 

Body of M r . 

Joshua Whitney, 

Aged 83 Years, 

Dec"? August. 7 l . h 17 19. 

The son of John and Elinor Whitney, born July 15, 1635, 
at Watertovvn. 



I720 



HERE lyes Y* 1 body 

of m r james 

robertson who 

died december 

y e 5 th 1720 
aged 88 years 



Mr. Whitney and Mr. Robertson, named above, were among 
the earliest settlers of the town ; living here before its destruction 
by the Indians in the year 1676. 



\DeatfCs Head.] 

Here Lyes 

y e Body of 
Hannah Stone 

Who Dec d 
Sept 1 : y e 27 th 

1723 in y e 

25 th Year of 

Her Age. 



172 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



{Death's Bead.] 
Here Lyes 
y e Body of 

Isaac Stone, 
Who Dec d 

Sepf. y e 30 th 
1723 in y e 

27 th Year of 
His Ae:e. 



[Death's Head.] 
Here Lyes 
y e Body of 

Lydia Stone 
Who Dec d 

Sepf. y e 30 th 
1723 in y e 

16 th Year of 
Her Age. 



The three persons last named were children of Deacon 
Simon and Sarah Stone. 

[Death's Head.] 

Here Lyes Buried 

the Body of 

Jonas Prescott 

Esq! Who Deceased 

Decern 1 ? 1 ' y e 31 st , 1723 

Aged 76 Years 

The son of John and Mary (Platts) Prescott, born at 
Lancaster, in June, 1648. 



1724 

[Death's Head.] 

Here Lyes y e Body 

Of Cap 1 J ERATH M ELL 

Bowers Who 
Dec d April y e 23 d 

1724 in y e 78 1 . 11 
Year of His Age. 

He had previously lived in Chelmsford, of which town he was 
one of the proprietors and a prominent inhabitant. At different 
times, he commanded a company against the Indians, and was 
a noted fighter of them. According to Savage, he was born 
May 2, 1650. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



Memento [Hour-Glass] Mori 
[Death's Head.\ 

Here lies the Body of 

M rs Deborah Parker the daughter 

of Cap 1 Jonas Prescott Esq r and 

wife to Cap 1 samuel Parker of 

Groton who departed this Life 

September the 27 th A D 1724 

in the 30 th year of her Age 

She was born March 5, 1694. 

{Death's Head.] 

Here Lyes y e Body of 

M s . Rebeckah Lawranc e 

Wife to Lieu 1 . 

Jonathan Lawrance 

Who Dec4 Febu7 

ye -[6th 1724 Aged 

about 74 Years 

Her maiden name was Rutter, and she was from Cambridge. 



1725 

[Death's Head.] 
Here Lyes the 
Body of Ml Sarah 
Woods Wife to M' 
Nathaniel Woods 
Who Dec<J March 
y e 3>: d 1725 : iny e 45 
Year of Her Age. 

Her maiden name was Brown, and she was from Stow. She 
was married July 3, 172 1. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



1728 



[Death 's Head.\ 

Here Lyes Buried 

y e Body of M r . 

Thomas Hubbard 

Who Died Feb r y 

if 1728, in y e 2)Z A 

Year of His Age 



1729 

[Death's Head.] 

Here lyes y e Body of 

Lieu 1 . Jonathan 
Lawrance ; Who 
Died Septemb 1 : y e 
19 th , 1729 in y e 73 d 
Year of His Age. 

The son of John and Elizabeth Lawrence, of Watertown. 
By his will he left ;£ioo to the town of Groton for buying a 
meeting-house bell ; £^0 to the Church of Christ in Groton for 
procuring some silver plate; and ^20 to the Church, the income 
to be paid annually to the settled minister. 

In the account of his estate, rendered April 5, 1732, by the 
executor, William Lawrence, the following items appear : — 

Paid Benj a Bancroft for his Journey to Charlestown 
in order to procure wine for the Funeral and for 

wine itself 2 „ 16 „ 6 

Paid for the Coffin 6/ diging the Grave 5/ .... 11 

For the Gravestones 3 1 . b transporting them 7/ . . . 3 „ 7 „ 

Paid James Hay for Gloves 9 „ 2 „ 

[Death's IL\id.\ 

Here lyes y e Body 
of M r Thomas 

Lawrance ; Who 

Died October 4 th 
1729. Aged 37 Years 
9 Mont h ? & 19 Days. 

The son of John and Anna (Tarbell) Lawrence. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



[Death's Head.] 

Here lyes Buried 

y e Body of M rs 

Mary Oliver Relict 

of y e Hon 1 ? 16 Thomas 

Oliver Esqr Who Died 

Decem br 2 nd A.D. 1729. 

Aged about 67 years. 

Her maiden name was Wilson ; her husband lived in Cam- 
bridge, where he filled many important offices. The Reverend 
Mr. Trowbridge and the Honorable Benjamin Prescott each 
married one of her daughters. Her youngest child, Samuel, 
died on the same day as herself. 



HERE LIES BURIED 

Y E BODY OF 
MR S SARAH STONE 
Y E WIFE OF DEAC° N 
SIMON STONE WHO 

DEPARTED THIS 

LIFE SEPTM BR Y E i6 SH 

A-D 1731 

IN Y E 68 s " YEAR 

OF HER AGE 

here lies 

buried the 

body of sarah 

farnworth the 

daughter of mr 

jeremiah and 

mrs sarah 

farnworth who 

DIED NOUMB Y e 2 
1 73 1 IN Y e 2 YEAR 



I 73 I 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



HERE LIES 

BURIED THE BODY 

OF M r JEREMIAH 

FARNWORTH WHO 

DIED NOUEMBER 

THE 25 d 1731 & 

IN Y e 32 YEAR 

OF HIS AGE 

The son of John and Hannah (Aldis) Farnsworth, born 
March 24, 1700-1. 

{Death's Head.] 

Here lyes y e Body 

of M r Thomas 

Farwell ; Who 

Died Decem br 16* 1731 

Aged 33 Years 

2 Mont s & 5 Day 5 



1733 



{Death's Head.] 

Here Lies The 

Body of M s Patienc e 

Farnsworth y e wife 

of M r Benjamin 

Farnsworth 

Who Departed this 

Life July y e 10 th 

AD 1733 in y e 

31 th year of her 

aire 



[Death's Head.] 

Here Lies The 

Body of M s Rebek ah 

Farnsworth y e wife 

of M r Benjamin 

Farnsworth 

Who Departed this 

Life oct br y e I th 

A D 1756 in y e 

54 th year of her 

agre 



Benjamin Farnsworth, the husband, died of small-pox, 
September 18, 1757. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



1735 

HERE LIES BURIED 

Y E BODY OF Y E 

WIDOW MARY 

PRESCOTT RELICK 8 

OF JONAS PRESCOTT 

ESQ" WHO DEC D 
OCTOB R Y E 28 s11 A D 

1735 IN Y E 82° 
YEAR OF HER AGE 

The daughter of John and Mary (Draper) Loker, born 
September 28, 1653 ; she was the mother of twelve children, of 
whom ten lived to grow up and be married, each one having a 
large family. It is said that she lived to see 176 of her 
descendants. 



1736 



{Death's Head.] 

Here Lyes Buried 

Ye Body of Cap 1 . 

John Sheple, Who 

Departed this life 

Sep 1 . i4 l . h 1736, in Y e 60 

Year of His Age. 

All his father's family — excepting himself — were massacred 
by the Indians, in the assault of 1694, and he was carried off 
and held a prisoner during four years. He is the direct ancestor 
of the late Honorable Ether Shepley, formerly Chief Justice 
of the Supreme Court of the State of Maine. 



IO GROTON EPITAPHS. 



1738 



HERE LIES BURIED 

Y E BODY OF 

M R NATHANAEL 

WOODS WHO 

DEC D JUNE Y E 

20™ ANNO 1738 

IN Y E 71 st YEAR 

OF HIS AGE 

The son of Samuel and Alice Woods, born March 27, 1668. 



HERE LIES BURIED 

Y E BODY OF Y E 

HONOURABLE CO LL 

BENJAMIN PRESCOTT 

ESQ U WHO 

DEPARTED THIS 

LIFE AUGUST 

Y E 3 d ANNO DOM 

1738 AGE 

42 YEARS 7 M 

& 30 D. 

The son of Jonas and Mary (Loker) Prescott, born 
January 4, 1696; married, June 11, 1718, Abigail Oliver, 
of Cambridge. Benjamin was the father of Colonel William 
Prescott, who commanded the American forces at the battle 
of Bunker Hill. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



II 



1739 



HERE LIES 

BURIED Y E BODY OF 

MR S ABIGAIL PRESCOT 1 

DAUGHT5 OF Y e 

HONOURABLE CO LL 

BENJAMIN PRESCOTT 

ESQ" & MR S ABIGAIL 

HIS WIFE WHO 

DEC D NOVEMB r 

Y E 7 SH A D 1739 

AGE 20 YEARS 

6 M & 12 D 



HERE LIES BURIED 

Y E BODY OF 
NATHANIEL HOLDIN 

Y E SON OF M R 

NATHANIEL & MR 8 

ABIGAIL HOLDIN 

WHO DEC D APRIL 

Y E 30™ 1740 

IN Y E 19 th YEAR 

OF HIS AGE 



I740 



He was born October 2, 172 1. 



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HERE LIES BURIED 

Y E BODY OF M K 

NATHANPL HOLDIN 

WHO DEPARTED 

THIS LIFE 

MAY Y E i5 TH 

A D 1740 

IN Y E 49 SH YEAR 

OF HIS AGE 

The son of Stephen and Hannah Holden. 



12 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

HERE LIES BURIED 

Y E BODY OF M R 

JOSEPH FARWELL 

WHO DEPAB.TED 

THIS LIFE 
AUGUST Y E 2o SH 

A. D 1740 

AGE 70 YEARS 

& 14 D 9 



[Death's Head.} 

Here Lies The Body 

of M r Obadiah 

Sawtell Who Departed 

This Life March The 20 th 

A D 1740 in y e 92 th 

Year of his Age. 

The son of Richard and Elizabeth Sawtell, of Water- 
town ; he married Hannah, daughter of George and Elizabeth 
Lawrence. 



1741 

HERE LIES BURIED 

Y E BODY OF DEAC N 

SIMON STONE 

WHO DEPARTED 

THIS LIFE 

DECEMB R Y E 19™ 

A D 1741 

AGE 85 YEARS 

3 M & 11 D 

The eldest son of Simon and Mary (Whipple) Stone, of 
Watertown ; he was one of the original proprietors of Groton. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



HERE LIES BURIED 

Y E BODY OF M R 

EPHRAIM PEARCE 

WHO DEPARTED 

THIS LIFE 

FEBRUARY Y E 27 th 

A D 1741 

IN Y E 68 YEAR 

OF HIS AGE 

The son of Daniel and Elizabeth Pierce, born October 
IS. 1673. 



1744 

HERE lies buried 

Y E BODY OF M R 

PHINEHAS PARKER 

WHO DEPARTED 

THIS LIFE 
AUGUST Y E 13 s " 

A . D. 1744 

IN Y E 6 3 , D YEAR 

OF HIS AGE 

The son of James and Mary (Parker) Parker. His father 
and mother were killed by the Indians, in their assault on the 
town, July 27, 1694; he was captured at the same time, and held 
a prisoner during four years. He was released, probably in 
the summer of 1698 ; and a petition to the General Court, dated 
May 31, 1699, represents him as being "lame of one of his 
Leggs occasioned by y e cruelty of y e Salvages," and says that 
" it is very questionable whether ever he will be cured, & has 
little or nothing left him of his Fathers estate for his support." 
In answer to this petition, it was voted that six pounds of money 
be allowed out of the public treasury. 



14 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



[I/bur- Glass.] 

Memento Mori 

[Cherub'' s Head.\ 

HERE LIES THE BODY OF 

CAP T JONATHAN SHEPLE 

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 

NOVEMBER THE 4 Ta 1744 

AGED 44 YEARS 9 MONTHS 

AND 4 DAYS 

The son of John and Lydia Sheple, born September 1, 1700. 
He married, December 26, 1728, Lydia, daughter of William 
and Elizabeth Lakin. 



174S 



HERE lies buried 

Y E BODY OF 

LYDIA HOLDIN 

DAUGHT" OF M b 

NATHANIEL & MR 9 

ABIGAIL HOLDIN 

WHO DEC D FEBRU R Y, 

Y E 5 9U A D 1744/5 

IN Y E 2 SH YEAR 

OF HER AGE. 

She was born December 6, 1725. 

[Death's Head.\ 

Here Lyes y e 

Body of Elezebe tb 

Green y e Daughte 1 " 

of M\ William & M rs 

Hannah Green, 

who Died Agust 

ye 3 i"> A D 1745 

Being 2 Months 

& 14 days old. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



15 



{Death's Head.] 

Here lies the Body of 

Phinehas Bowers y e son of 

M r Samuel Bowers and 

M rs Deborah his Wife 

who departed this Life 

September y e 12 th 1745 

Aged 1 year 11 months 

and 12 days 

Memento Mori 

\Ckeruffs Head.\ 

Here lies the 

Body of Mf EUnice 

Boyden wife of M^ 

Josiah Boyden, who 

departed this Life 

Jan? if 1745. Age* 

37 y ears - 

The daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Lakin) Parker, born 
March 11, 1705-6. She was married January 12, 1730. 



1746 



HERE LIES BURIED 

Y E BODY OF MR 8 

ABIGAIL BULKLEY 

Y E WIFE OF CAP T 

JOHN BULKLEY 

WHO DEC D APRIEL Y E 

15 A) 1746 

IN Y E 40 YEAR 

OF HER AGE 

ALSO s SONS & 

2 DAUGHTERS 



l6 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



1747 

Memento Mori 

[Death's Head.] 

Here lies the Body of 

M rs Lydia Sheple 

Relect to Cap 1 Jonathan Sheple 

who departed this Life 

October y e 10 th 1747 

in the 50 th Year 

of her Age 

The daughter of William and Elizabeth Lakin, born 
January 14, 1697. 

[Skull a fid Cross- Bones.] 

Here lyeth the Body of 

M'l Unice Lawrance the 

Daughter of M' 

Nathaniel and Anna 

Lawrance who died 

Nov. 15 th A D 1747. 

Aged 10 Years 3 month 55 

and 21 Days. 



1749 

HERE LIES BURIED 

Y E BODY OF M R 
JAMES PARKER 
WHO DEPARTED 

THIS LIFE 
JANUARY Y E 2i ST 

A D 1748/9 

IN Y E 63" YEAR 

OF HIS AGE 

The son of James and Mary (Parker) Parker, born March 
24, 1686-7 J ne married Abigail, daughter of Jonas and Mary 
(Loker) Prescott. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. I 7 

HERE LIES BURIED 

Y E BODY OF M R 

JAMES PARKER Jun r 

WHO DEPARTED 

THIS LIFE 
JANUARY Y E 2 9 SH 

A D 1748/9 
IN Y E 26™ YEAR 

OF HIS AGE. 

The son of James and Abigail (Prescott) Parker, born 
February 20, 1722-3. His father's epitaph immediately precedes 
his own. 

[Death's Head.] 

Here Lies y e Body of 
Amos Farnsworth y e Son 
of M r Amos Farnsworth 

& M rs Lydia his Wife 

Who Dec d July y e 9 th 
A D 1749 in y e 4 th Year 

of his Age Alsoe y e 
birth & death of a Son 

Sep l >y e 30 A D 1750 



Here Lies Buried 
Y e Body of y e wid°w 

Mary Peirce 

Relec 1 to M r . Ephr'm 

Peirce Who Dec d 

Decem br y e 29 th 

A. D 1749 

In y e 75 year 

Of Her Age. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



I750 

HERE LIES BURIED 

Y E BODY OF MR S 

MARY PRESCOTT 

WIFE OF JONAS 

PRESCOTT Esqir 

WHO DEC D 

FEBRUARY Y E 17™ 

A. D. 1749/5° 

ABOUT 75 YEAR 8 

OLD 

The daughter of John and Faith (Dunster) Page, born 
January 9, 1674-5. She was married April 30, 171S, and was 
Jonas Prescott's second wife. 



[Death's Head.\ 
HERE LIES BURIED 

Y e BODY OF Deac n 

JOHN LONGLEY 

WHO DEPARTED 

THIS LIFE 

MAY Y E 25™ 

A D 1750 

IN Y E 68™ YEAR 

OF HIS AGE 

The son of William and Deliverance (Crispe) Longley. 
When Groton was assaulted by the Indians July 27, 1694, he 
was taken captive, and held a prisoner during more than four 
years. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. ig 

HERE LIES BURIED 

Y E BODY OF CAP! 

JONAS PRESCOTT E SQ R . 

WHO DEPARTED 

THIS LIFE 

SEPTEM BR Y E 12™ 

ANNO DOMINI 1750 

AGE 71 YEARS 

10 M & 17 D s 

The son of Jonas and Mary (Loker) Prescott, born 
October 26, 1678. 



1751 



HERE LIES BURIED 

Y E BODY OF M?. s 

ABIGAIL PARKER 

RELECT WIDOW OF 

M? JAMES PARKER 

WHO DEPARTED THIS 

LIFE AUGUST I4 TH 

A. D. 1751. 

AGE 6$ YEARS 

3 M & 6 DAYS. 

The daughter of Jonas and Mary (Loker) Prescott, born 
May 8, 1688. 

[Death's Head.] 

Here Lies Buried 

Y e Body of M r Jonathan 

Page First Son of 

Ensine Jona' & M rs 

Mary Page Who 
Departed This Life 

August the 30 

A. D. 1751. in y e 

42 year of His 

age 

He was born June 5, 17 10. 



20 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



Memento mori 

[Three Cherubs' Heads.] 

Here lies the Body of 

Mf Mercy Daby wife of 

M r . Simon Daby, who departed 

This Life August. 31?' 175 1. 

Aged 34 yeas & 10 days. 

Also Phebe Likewise Sarah 

their Daughter their Daughter 

who departed Born at her 

this Life Septem r Mothers death 

2o t . h 1 75 1. Aged 3, t and lived 15 

Years, 1 month & 25 days. 

A loving Mother, a Pleasant Child, 
An Infant dear, all lies here. 

Naked as from the Earth we came, 

And o-ept to Life at first, 

We to the Earth return again, 

And mingle with our dust. 



[Death's Head.] 

Here Lies Buried 

The Body of Ensign- 

JONATHAN PAGE 

Who Departed This 

Life Septemty 30 

Anno Domini 1751 

In y e 75 year 

Of His Age. 

The son of John and Faith (Dunster) Page, born June 24, 
1677, at Watertown. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 21 



HERE LIES BURIED 

Y E BODY OF MR S 

MARY PRESCOTT 

DAUGH™ OF COR LL 

BENJ A PRESCOTT 

ESQ K & MR S ABIGAIL 

HIS WIFE WHO 

DEC D OCTOB R Y K 25 s " 

A D 1751 

AGE 16 YEARS 

2 M & 18 D s 



[Death's Head.] 

Abel Lawrence a Twin 
Son of M r . Abel 
and M r . s Mary 
Lawrence Died 
Julyy e 14 th 1753 
Aged 9 Months 



\DeatWs Head. ] 

Here lies Buried 

y e Body of 

Lemuel Page Son 

of M r John & M rs 

Mary Page Who 

Dec d Augu 4 1 8 th 

N. S. A. D. 1753 

Age 5 years 

11 M & s D s 



1753 



22 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



{Death's Head.] 

Here Lies y e body of 

Samuel Rockwood 

Son of M r Elisha Rock W 

Who departed this Life 

The 2 th day of Sep 1 

A D 1753 in the 
12 th year of his age 



{Death's Head.] 

Here Lies y e body 
of Moses Rock- 
Wood Son of r Eli 

M 

Sha Rock Wood 

Who decc d Sep 1 

7 th 1753 ^ y e 

AD 

i th year of his 
aire 



{Death's Head.] 

Here Lies the body 
of Elisabeth Rock- 
Wood daughter of 

Mr 

Elisha Rockwood 
Who departed this 

Life the 17 th day 
of September 

A D 1753 in the 
15 th year of her age 



[Death's Head.] 

And allso the body 
of Lydia Rockwood 
Daughter of r Elisha 

M 

Rockwood Who 

Departed this Life 

The 17 th day of 

Sep 1 A D 1753 

in the 6 th > ear 

of her age 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 23 

[Death's Head.] 

Here Lies the body of 
Su s a s na parkar Wife of 
Mr William parkar Who 

Departed this Life 
The 19 th day of October 

A D 1753 in 
The 34 year of her age. 

The daughter of Samuel and Sarah Kemp, born May 14, 1720. 



[Death's Head.} 

Here Lies the body 
of Susana parkar 

M'" 

Daughter of William 

parkar Who daparted 

This Life November 

4 th A. D 1753 in the 17 th 

year of her age. 

She was born February 10, 1736-7. 



[Death's Head.} 

Here lies the Body of 

Cap 1 John Gillson Who 

Departed This Life y e 

17 th Day of november 

AD 1753 

in the 56 year 

of his age. 

The son of John and Sarah Gilson, born March 2, 1697-8. 
He married, first, December 8, 1722, Mary, daughter of John 
and Mary (Blood) Shattuck, born April 11, 1699; and, 
secondly, Rachel 



24 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



\Hoiir- Glass, 

Skull, 

Hora and Fugit 

Cross- Bones.~\ 

This Stone is Erected by 

Ml Abel Parker, 

Ml Josiah Holdin, 

and M^ Nathaniel Laken : also 

M^ John Blood & M T . Isaac woods 

to the Memory of Mr Joseph 

Parker, who departed this life 

Nov^ 26 l . h 1753. Aged 64 years 

8 months, and 26 days. 

and by M^ Josiah Parker. 

Dear friends for me pray do not weep 
I am not dead but here do sleep, 
Within this solid lump of clay ; 
Untill the Resurcction day. 
And here indeed I must Remain, 
Till Christ doth rats me, up again. 

The son of Joseph and Hannah Parker, born March 1, 1689. 

Here lies the Body of 

James Parker y e son of 

M r Peter Parker and 

M rs Prudance his wife 

who departed this Life 

Nov br y e 30 th 1753 

in the 3 d Year 

of his Age 

{Death's Head.] 

Here Lies y e body 

of Ms Abigail Sawtell y e 

Wife of Cap 1 Ephraim 

Sawtell Who Departed 

This life Decem br y e 4 th 

A D 1753 in y e 66 tl1 

year of her age 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



25 



Skull Skull Skull Skull 

and Hour- Glass. and and Hour-Glass. and 

Cross-Bones. Cross-Bones. Cross-Bones. Cross-Bones. 




The 



Lieu 4 John Holdin 

Who Departed This 

Life Decm br 27* 

AD 1753 in 

The 69 year 

of his age. 




The 



M s Sarah 
Holdin The Wife of Lieu 4 

John Holdin Who 

Departed This Life dec mbr 

The 2 i\ h AD 1753 

in die 59 l . h year 

of her age. 



The son of Stephen and Hannah Holden ; his wife was the 
daughter of John and Mehitable Davis, born September 22, 
1694. John Holden was taken by the Indians in the year 1697, 
and held a prisoner during one year and ten months. 



Memento Mori 

{Death's Head.] 

Here lies the Body of 

M r Elezer Gillson 

Who departed this Life 

February y e 16 th 1754 

in y e 59 th Year 

of his Age. 



1754 



The son of Joseph and Hepsibah Gilson ; he married, May 
6, 17 19, Hannah, daughter of Joseph and Hannah Farwell. 
She was born May 6, 1701, and died May 11, 1762. 



26 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

\Chericb.] 

In memory of 

Mrs. SARAH TARBELL 

the wife of 

Mr. JOHN TARBELL, 

who departed this life 

the 19 th of 

April 1754; in the 

29 th year of her age. 

Her maiden name was Parker ; she was probably the 

daughter of Samuel and Sarah Parker, born December 2, 

I725- 

Memento mori 

{Death's Head.} 

Here lyes the Body of 

M r William Pierce 

who departed this 

Life May y e 16 th 1754 

in the 41 st year 

of his Age 

Memento Mori 

[Death's Head.] 

Here Lies y e Body of M r 

James Dickinson who 

Departed This Life July 

ye 2 th y£) 1754 in y e 69 th 

Year of his Age 

[Death's Head.] 

Here Lies y e body 

of Ephraim Farns\vor ,h 

y e Son of Leu 1 Ezra 

& Abigail 

Farnsworth Who 

Departed This Life 

Sept br y e 2 th A D 1754 

in y e 8 th year of his age 

He was born August 9, 1747. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



2 7 



Memento mori 

\Cherub's Head.\ 

Erected 

In memory of 

MI Josiah Green, 

(Son of ' MZ- Jonathan 

Green <5° M r l Sarah his 

wife) who departed this 

Life Decl 28^ 1755. 

In the 28 l r h year 

of his Age. 

He was born February 26, 1727-8. 



1755 



1756 



[Death's Head.} 

Here Lies y e body of 

Thomas Woods Son 

of Leut isa*c Woods Who 

Departed this Life Feb r 

10 th A D 1756 in y e 28 

year of his age 

The son of Isaac and Abigail (Stevens) Woods, born 
December 29, 172S. 

[Death's Head.\ 

Here Lies y e Body of 

Sarah Farnsworth y e 

Daughter of M r Amos 

Farnsworth & Mrs Lydia his wife 

who Dece d Sep 1 y e 19 th A) 1756 

in y e 20 th Year of her Age 

The eldest child of Amos and Lydia (Longley) Farnsworth, 
born October 10, 1736. 



28 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[Death's Head.\ 

Here Lies 

The Body of M r Jame s 

Green who Departed 

This Life Sept br y e 21 th 

A D 1756 in y e 28 th 

year of his age 

The son of Eleazer and Anna (Tarbell) Green, born June 
19, 1728. 



1757 

Memento Mori 

[Death's Head.] 

Here Lies the Body of 

Cap 1 Thomas Tarbell 

Who Departed this Life 

May the 30 th 1757 

Aged 69 Years 8 Months 

<Sc 5 clays 

The eldest son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Woods) Tarbell, 
born September 15, 1687. Two of his brothers, John and 
Zechariah, and a sister Lydia, were carried off by the Indians, 
June 20, 1707, and taken to Canada. The boys afterward 
married Indian wives, and their descendants are still living 
among the Indians at St. Regis, a village near the New York 
State line, on the St. Lawrence River. The epitaph of his 
brother William, born June 10, 1689, appears at the bottom 
of the opposite page. 

[Death's Head.] 
Here Lies y e Body of M r 
Benjamin Farnsworth Junr 
Who Departed This Life 
Aug st y e 31 th A D 1757 
Aged 20 Years 5 Months 
& 28 Days who Died with 
Y e Small pox 

The son of Benjamin and Rebekah Farnsworth, born 
February 24, 1736. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 29 

Memento Mori 

[Death's Head.} 

Here Lies The Body of M r 

Benjamin Farnsworth Who 

Departed This Life Sep* y e 18 th 

AD 1757 Aged 58 Years 

7 Months & 22 Days 

who Died with y e small Pox 

The son of Benjamin and Mary (Prescott) Farnsworth, 

born January 16, 1699. 

Memento Mori 

{Death's Head.} 

Here Lies y e Body of M rs Abigail 

Holdin y e Wife of M r Nathanael 

Holdin Who Departed This Life 

Sept br y e 29 th A D 1757 in y e 66 th 

Year of her Age 

Her maiden name was Stone ; she was probably the daughter 

of Deacon Simon and Sarah Stone. 

[Death's Head.} 

Here Lies a Daughter 

of D^ Oliver Prescott 

& m T . Lydia his wife 

Born Nov 1 : y e 19* 

!757- 
Still Born. 

Memento Mori 

[Skull [Cherub's Head.] [Skull 

and Here Lies y e Body of and 

Cross-Bones^ L j eu t Wi]liam Tarbell Who Cross-Bones.} 

Departed This Life Decem br y e 
26 th A D 1757 in y e 69 th Year 
of His Age 
Here lies intomUd in this grave here 
A Husband hind, a parent dear 
A Neighbour good the poor mans friend 
Whom death hath brought unto his end 



3° 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



1758 



Memento [Hour- Glass.} Mori 
[Cherub' 1 s Head.'] 

Here Lies The Body of 

M R John Blood 

Who Departed This Life 

August The 23? 1758 

In The 70™ Year 

Of His Age. 

The son of James and Abigail Blood, born March 16, 16S9. 
His father was killed by the Indians, September 13, 1692. 



[Skull 

and 
Cross-Bones.] 



From 



Deaths 



Arrist 



[Hour- Glass.] 
Memento mori 
[Cherub's Head.] 

Halt Passenger as you go past 
Remember time it runeth fast 
Aly dust in narow Bounds do lie 
Remember man that thou must die 

Here lies the Body of 

M r Jacob Lakin 
who was Born in Groton 
and departed this Life 
August the 29 th 1758 
Aged 57 Years 
8 Months & 
22 days 



This dust revive it Shal again 
And in a grave no ?nore remain 
When trumpet Sounds I Shal arise 
And Sclebrat my God his praise 



[Skull 

and 

Cross-Bones. 



Age 



IS 



free 



The son of Joseph and Abigail Lakin, born December 7, 1700. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



31 



Memento mori 

[Shell and Cross- B ones. \ 

Here lyeth the Body 
of M" Anna Lawrance 

the wife of M\ 
Nathaniel Lawrance, 
who Departed this 
Life Sep': 3? A.D. 175S 
Aged 73 Years 8 month 8 
and 21 Days. 
Her maiden name was Scripture. 



free 



Is 



Ase 



Memento Mori 

\_Deattis /dead.] 

Here Lies Buried the Body of 
M r . Benjamin Stone 
Who Departed this Life 
September the 23 d 1758 
in the 



53 c 



Year 



of his Age 



From 



Deaths 



Arest 



The son of Deacon Simon and Sarah Stone, born August 12, 
1706. 

Memento mori 

[Death's Head.] 

Here lies the Body of 

Ensign Obidiah Parker 

who departed this Life 

SepV y e 28' ; h 1758 in the 
6 if year of his Age 
Halt passenger as you go past 
Remember time it runneth fast 
My dust in narrow bounds do lie • 
Remember man that thou must die 
This dust revive it shall again 
And in a grave no mor remain 
When trumpet Sounds I shall be raisd 
For this God's holy word hath said 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



[Hour-Class.] 

Memento Mori 

[Death's Head.] 

HERE LIES THE BODY OF 

M R JONATHAN GREEN 

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 

OCTOBER THE 10 th 1758 

IN THE 58 th YEAR 

OF HIS AGE. 

He married, February 25, 1724-5, Sarah, daughter of Josiah 
and Lucy Lakin. 

Memento Mori 

{Death's Head.] 

Here Lies the Body of 

Benjamin woods the son of 

M r John woods & M rs 

sarah his Wife who 

Departed this Life 

November 19 th 1758 

Being 19 Years 3 weeks 

& 5 days old 

He was born October 13, 1739. 

Memento mori 

[Death's Head.] 

Here lies the Body of 
M r Jonathan Green Ju M 

born 

May y e 11 th 1733 

and departed this Life 

December y e 22 d 1758 

Aged 25 Years 7 months 

and 1 1 days. 

The son of Jonathan and Sarah (Lakin) Green. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



33 



1759 

Memento Mori 
[Death's Head.] 

Here lies the Body of 

M r David Nutting 

who departed this Life 

Feberuary the 24 1759 

in the 36 th Year 

of his Age 

The son of Ebenezer and Ruth (Shattuck) Nutting, born 
August 20, 1724. 



[Death's Head.\ 

Here Lies the Body of 

sarah Holdin the Daughter 

of M. r . Isaac Holdin 

& M r .! sarah his wife 

who was Born January 

19 th & Died March 

the 6 th 

!7S9 



From 
Death's 

Arrist 



Memento Mori 

[Death's Head.] 

Here lies the Body of 

M r John Conn 
who departed this Life 
March 16 th 1759 
in the 76 th Year 
of his Age 



Aire 



free 



34 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



[Death's Head.] 

Here lies the Body of 

James Parker y e 2 d son of 

M r Peter Parker and 

M rs Prudance his Wife 

who departed this Life 

March y e 27 th 1759 

in the 3 d Year 

of his Age 



Memento Mori 

[Death's Head.] 

Here lies the Body of 

M rs Esther Parker the Wife of 

M r Abel Parker who was Born in Groton 

May the 2i sh 1726 & departed this Life 

April the 5 th 1759 Aged 

thirty two Years 

ten months and 

fifteen days 

Halt pas henger as you go past 
Remember time it runeth fast 
Thy dust in narou Bounds do lie 
Remember man that thou must die 
This dust revive it shall again 
. I //it in a grave no more remain 
WJicn tr/unpet sounds I shall arise 
And selebrat my God his Prais 

The daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Chamberlain) 
Shattuck ; she was married May 10, 1750. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 35 

Memento [Hour-Glass] Mori 
[ Cherub's Head.] 

HERE LIES THE BODY OF 

CAP T JOHN STEVENS ESQ R 

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 

APRIEL THE 17 th 1759 

IN THE 55 th YEAR 

OF HIS AGE 

Here lies y e 

Body of Asa 

Child son of M^ 

Moses Child & 

M? Sarah his 

wife, who died 

June 16? 1759. 

Aged 2 months 

and 8 days. 

Here lies y e Body 

of Phebe Daughter 

of M r Israel and M rs 

Anna Hobart who 

died Nov 1 ? 1 " 2'} 1759 

Aged 2 months & 27 

clays. 

[Death's Head."] 

Here lies the Body of 

Ase Lawrence y e son of 

Cap 4 Amos Lawrence & 

M rs Abigail his Wife 
who departed this Life 

Nov br y e 6 th 1759 

Aged 3 Years 5 months 

and 6 days 



36 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



I760 



Memento Mori 

{Death's I lead. \ 

Here lies the Body of 
Joshua Richeson the son of 
M r Converse & M rs Mercy 
Richeson who died Feb 1 

the 6 th A D 1760 
Aged 1 year 10 months 
and 2 days 



Here lies y e 

Body of Salla 

Child Daughte r 

of M T : Moses 

Child and M? 

Sarah his wife 

who died May 

25'" 1760. Aged 

1 month & 29 day s ' 



Memento [ffbur-Glass] Mori 

Here lies the Body of 
M rs sarah Parker the second 
wife to Cap 1 samuel Parker 

who departed this Life 

August the 21 st A D 1760 

in the 69 th year 

of her Ajre 



GROTON EPITAPHS. ^J 

[A TABLET.] 

Underneath This Stone Lies The Body of The 

REv d Caleb Trowbridge, late Pastor of the Church 

of Christ in Groton, born of reputable Parents in the Town 

of Newton, educated at Harvard College in Cambridge 

New-England ; of such natural and acquir'd Endowments as 

render'd him an Ornament and Blessing in the several 

Relations which he sustain 'd : he was a good steward over the 

House of God, and discharg'd the Duties of his Pastoral 

relation with Prudence and Impartiality, Diligence and 

Fidelity, He was a tender and loving Husband, an affectionate 

and kind Parent ; an agreable and faithful friend ; and a Useful 

Member of Society : He was much belovd and respected while 

he liv'd, and dyed greatly lamented, the 9 th day of septr 

AD, 1760, in the 69 ( , h year of his Age and 46^ of his Ministry, 

and is we trust recieving the reward of his Labours in the 

Kingdom of his Lord : and in Honour to his Memory his loving People 

have erected this Monument over his Grave. 

Blessed are the Dead that die in the Lord for they rest from their 

Labour and their works do follow them. 

The Memory of y e Just is Blessed. 



Memento Mori 

[DeatVs Head.} 

Here lies Buried y e Body of 

M rs Mary Follingesbe Relict 

of M r Thomas Follingesbe 

who Died October y e 

20 th AD 1760 
Aged about 82 years 



38 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

Memento [Hour-Glass] Mori 
[Death's Head.\ 

Here lies y e Body of Simeon Ames y e son 
of M r . samuel and M? Hannah Ames. A hope- 
ful & promising young man, but cruel 
death that regards none snatched him out 
of the world in the Bloom of Life, and 
early frustrated the fond hopes of 
his indulgent Parents, and the 
raised Expectation of his 
acquantance, he was much belove d 
in his Life and greatly Lamented 
in his death he died of the small pox 
december y e 10 th AD 1760 Aged 
19 years 5 months and 6 days 
Remember thy Creator in the days of thy 
youth for thus saith the Lord I Love them 
that Love me and those that seek me early shall find 



I76l 

Memento mori 

[Death's Head.] 

Here lyes the Body of 

William Parker Son of 

M r William and M rs 

Shusanna Parker who 

Died of the small Pox 

January y e 8 th A. D. 1761 in 

the 20 th year of his Age 

He was born September 28, 174L His father's epitaph and 
a sister's appear on the next page. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



39 



Memento [Hour- Glass] mori 
[Death's Head.] 

Here lyes the Body of 

M r William Parker 

who Died of the small Pox 

February y e i st AD 1761 in 

ye £j;St y ear f ^fg \g Q 

The son of Isaac and Ruth Parker, born August 19, 17 10 ; 
he married, March 30, 1736, Susanna Kemp. 



[Cher nl> 's Head.] 

Memento mori 

Here lies the 

Body of Joseph 

Davis, son of Mr 

Benj? Davis & M? 

Sarah his wife, he 

died Feb 1 - 13? 1 1761 

In y e 1 6 th year of his age 

Likeways Elizabeth there 

Daughter died Feb' 27* h 1762. 

In y e 12 month of her age. 



Memento mori 

[Death's Head.] 

Here lyes the Body of 

Sibbel Parker daughter 

of M r . William and M r . s 

Shusanna Parker who 

Died of the small Pox 

may y e 10 th AD 1761 in the 

17 th year of her Age 

She was born May 1, 1744. 



40 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

\CheruWs Flead.] 

Here lies the Body 

of Abigail Richardson 

Daughter of M r Abiel & 

M rs Sarah Richardson 

who died May y e 13 111 

1 76 1 in the 8 th year 

of her as:e 



I762 



Memento mori 

[Death's I lead. \ 

Here lies the Body of 

M rs Hannah Sawtell the 

Second wife of Cap 1 . 

Ephraim Sawtell 

who departed this 

Life March 15 th 

A. D 1762. Aged 60 

10 months 

Years A and 9 clays 

The daughter of Joseph and Hannah Farwell, born May 6, 
1701. She married, May 6, 17 19, for her first husband, Eleazer 
Gilson, and March 26, 1755, for her second, Ephraim Sawtell. 

Memento mori 
[Death's Bead.] 
Here lies the Body of 
M rs Prudence Whitney y e 
wife of M 1 ' Shadrach Whitney 
who departed this Life 
Dec 1 : 25':" A:D: 1762. 
in the 68' h year of her 
Age. 

Her maiden name was Lawrence ; she was married January 
5> I 73 1 - 2 - 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 41 



1763 



Memento mori 

{Death's Head\ 

Here lies the Body 

of M r : s Anna Fletcher; 

the wife of M r : Paul- 

-Fletcher ; who died April 

the if A. D. 1763. in the 27' h 

year of her Age. 

Her maiden name was Willard, and she was from Lancaster. 
She was married August 20, 1760. 



\Cherub\ 

Here lies the 

Body of Samuel 

son of M' Ebeneze^ 

Patch and M? 

Sarah his wife 

who died May 2o* h 

1763 Aged 3 years 

2 months and 

11 days. 



Memento mori 

[Death's Head.\ 

Here lies the Body of 

M rs Deborah Longley 

Relict of Deacon John 

Longley who departed 

this Life Nov br the 7 th 

A D 1763 in the 72 d year 

of her Age 

Her maiden name was Houghton. 



42 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



1764 



[A TABLET.] 



Here lye the remains of Coll" William 
Lawrence, who departed this Life May 19* 11 
A.D. 1764. Anno ^Etatis 67. 
He was a Gentleman who in military life rose 
from the rank of Cap? Lieu' to the command of 
a Regiment. In the year 1739, he was made a Justice 
of the peace afterwards Quorum unus ; a special 
Justice of the court of common Pleas for the County 
of Middlesex, and a standing Justice of the Court. 
He for many years represented the Town of Groton 
with the Districts of Pepperrell and Shirley in the 
general Assembly of this Province. In all his public 
betrustsments he acquitted himself with fidelity 
and honour. In private life his behavior was 
becoming his Christian profession. He was remark= 
ably industrious in the improvement of time, Just in his 
dealings, a good neighbour, a faithful friend, patient 
of injuries and ready to forgive them, gratefull to 
Benefactors, very ready in affording assistance to 
the widow and fatherless, and mercifull to all proper 
Objects of pity. He was a strict observer of the 
Lords Day, a constant and serious attender on 
the public exercises of Religin, a devout worship= 
er of God in his family. 

Blessed are the dead who dye in the Lord. 
Here also lies the Body of M? Susanna 
Lawrence Relict of the above named Coil- 
William Lawrence 

She was a woman of Piety and good Sense, 
An industrious, Prudent wife; an indulgent 
Parent, a good Neighbour, a faithful! Friend, 
A hater of Hypocrisy and Guile ; a lover of 
Hospitality, Patiet under Affliction and Resigned to 
The will of Heaven in death by which she 
was called out of the world to Receive the 
Rewards of a faithfull Servant on the io lh of 
Sep'. & in the 80V year of her Age. A) : 177 1. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



Memento mori 
[Death's Head.] 

Here lies the Body of 

M r Shaderah Whitney 

who departed this Life 

August the 8' : h A- D 1764 

in the 67 l . h Year of 

his Age. 

from death Arrest no Age is free. 

He made his will a few weeks before his death, and bequeathed 
to the town the sum of .£40, the income to be applied to the 
support of the minister. His wife died December 25, 1762; 
they probably left no children. 

Memento mori 

[Death's Head.] 

Here lies Buried y e Body 
of M r Samuel Bowers Son 
of M r Samuel Bowers and 

Deborah his wife who 

departed this Life August 

30 th A D 1764 Aged 28 years 

8 months and 26 days 

He was born December 6, 1735. 

Memento mori 

[Death's Head.] 

Here lies the Body of 

M rs Mary Wait the wife 

of M r Phinehas Wait 

who departed this Life 

October y e 8 l . h A. D. 1764 

in the 70! 11 year of her 

Age 

Her maiden name was Hubbard : she was married March 14, 
1731-2. 



44 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



1765 



Memento mori 

{Cherub's Head.] 

Here lies the Body 
of M^ Peter Bulkley, 
Son of John Bulkley 
Esq' and M? Abigail 
his wife, who depar- 
ted this Life May 
9* h 1765. In the 25V 
year of his age. 



[Cherteb.] 

Here lies the 

Body of Ebenezer 

Son of M* Ebenezer 

Patch & M rs sarah 

his wife who died 

July 8 th 1765 Aged 

4 years 5 

months & 

9 days 



Hora [Hour-Glass] fugit 
{Cherub's Head.\ 

Here lieth the Body of 
Abigail Prescott the Daughte' 
of D r Oliver Prescott and 
M rs Lydia his wife who 

died with the Throat 

Distemper, aug*. 5V 1 1765. 

age, 5 years, 5 months 

and 16 days. 



She was born February 21, 1760. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



45 



Memen t0 mori 

[Skull and Cross- Bones.'] 

Here lies the Body of 

M? Lucy Prescott, the 

Daughter of the Honl e 

Benjt Prescott Esq' and 

M" Abigail his wife, who 

died with the Throat= 

Distemper Aug- io' h 1765 

Age 37 years, 5 months 

and 13 Days. 

Blessed are the dead who 

die in the Lord. 

She was born February 25, 1728-9. 

[Death's Head.] 

Thomas the Son of 

D- Oliver Prescott & 

M™ Lydia his wife, who 

died with the 

Throat Distemper 

aug? io': 11 1765 

Age 10 months 

He was born October n, 1764. 

Memento [Skull and Cross-Bones] mori 

Here lyeth 

the Body of M\ 

Nathaniel Lawrance, 

who departed this 

Life Sep*: i2< h A.D. 1765 

Aged 87 Years, 6 month s 

and 21 Days. 

The son of Enoch and Ruth (Whitney | Shatttjck) 
Lawrence, born February 21, 1677-8, at Watertown. The 
mother was the widow of John Shattuck, when she married 
Enoch. 



46 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

• Memento mori 

\Skull and Cross-Bones.] 

Here lies the Body 
of M™ Abigail Prescott, 

Relict of the Honl e 

Benjamin Prescott Esq' 

who departed this Life 

Sep? 13V 1 

Annoq ; Domini 1765, 

Aged 63 years, 5 months, 

19 Days. 

The memory of the just is Blesse- 

The daughter of the Honorable Thomas and Mary (Wilson) 
Oliver. She was the mother of Colonel William Prescott. 

[Cherub's Head.] 

Here lies the Body of 
Abel Prescott the son 

of James Prescott 

Esq 1 ; & M™ Susanna his 

wife, who died with the 

Throat Distemper 

Sept'i i7 4 : h A. D. 1765. 

Aged 5 years, 4 months 

24 Days. 

He was born April 23, 1760. 

[C/ieru/Ss Head.] [Cherub' s Head.] 

William the son Sarah the Daughter 

of James Prescott of James Prescott 

Esq 1 ; & M™ Susanna Esq- & M™ Susanna 

his wife, who died his wife, who died 

with the Throats with the Throata 

Distemper Sept' 19 th Distemper Sept 1 " 20 th 

A: D: 1765. A: D: 1765 

Aged 3 years, 6 Aged 17 months, 

months, 21 Days. 17 days. 

Erom Death's arrest no Aire is free. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 47 

Memento mori 

[Cherub' s Head.\ 

Here lies the 

Body of M? Lucy 

Trobridge, daughter 

of M 1 ; John Woods & 

M" Sarah his wife, who 

departed this Life 

Decern! 25' : h 1765. In 

ye ^ if year of her age. 

This monument is Erectea 

by her father to her memo r ? 

The daughter of John and Sarah (Longley) Woods, born 
May 18, 1735, and the first wife of Thomas Trowbridge. 



I766 



Memento mori 

[Cherub's Head.\ 

Here lies the 

Body of M: 8 Mary 

Parker wife of Lieu' : 

Benjamin Parker, 

who departed this 

Life June 16? 1766. 

In the 67 th year 

of her age. 

The daughter of Zechariah and Mary Sawtell, born April 
[, 1697. 

Here lies 

the Body of 

Silas Barron, son of 

M* Silas parker barron 

& M r : 8 Abigail his wife, 

who died of the 108 

Convulsion-fit Aug' 7 t : b 

A. D. 1766. Aged 3 week s 

and 1 day. 



48 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



Here 

lies the Body 

of Rebekah Sawtell 

the Daughter of M^ 

Jonathan Sawtell & 

M? Mary his wife, 

who died Sep- 5? 

A. D. 1766. Aged 1 Year 

7 months & 8 Days. 

She was born January 28, 1765. 



Here lies 

the Body of 

Josiah Sartell son 

of M^ Ephraim Sartell 

JuiT: and M? Abigial 

his wife, who died 

October. 2 6' : h A. D. 

1766. Aged 4 Years, 

8 months & 26 Day s 



Memento mori 
[Cherub's Head.] 

Here lies Interred the 

Body of M? Elizebeth 

Farnsworth, third wife of 

M\ Aaron Farnsworth 
Formerly the wife of M* 
Josiah Parker, who depar A e 
This Life December i2 t : h 
1766. In the 47 th Year of 
her Age. this Monumen 1 
is Erected by Josiah 
Parker's Children. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 49 



Memento mori 

{Cherub's Head.] 

Here lieth the Body of 
Phinehas Bowers y e Son of 

M r : Samuel Bowers and 

M! s Deborah his wife, who 

Departed this Life July . 27 th 

1767. 

Age 16 Years, 6 months, 

and 15 days, 

He was born October 2, 1750. 

[Urn. Willow Tree and Urn. Urn. 

SACRED 
to the memory 

of 

Eunice Sheple 

wife of 

Joseph Sheple Esq r . 

who died 

Aug. 1767 

MX.. 42. 



1767 



Memento mori 

[Cherubs Head.] 

Here lies Interred 
the Body of Cap' : 
Ephraim Sawtell, 
who departed this 
Life October Bf 
1768. In the 83? year 
of his age. 
Dear friends for me pray do not weep, 
I ame not dead but here do sleep, 
Within this solid lump of clay, 
Until the Resurection Day : 
And here indeed I must remain, 
Till Christ shall rais me up again. 



1768 



50 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

Here 

lies the 

Body of Luther 

Russell son of M T : 

Ephraim Russell 

& M: 8 Miriam his 

wife, who died 

Novem- 17*:" 1768. 

Aged 4 months, 

3 weeks & 3 days. 

Memento [Three Cherubs' Heads] m0 ri 

Here lies 

Buried the Body of 

M' Samuel Bowers of 

Groton, who departed this 

Life the Sixteenth 

Day of December 

Anno Domini 1768. 

Half a hour after 

Three of the Clock in y e 

Afternoon, and in the 

Fifty Eight year 

Of his age. 

The son of Samuel and Esther Bowers, born December 21, 

17 1 1. He lived in the present Champney house, where he kept 

a tavern during many years. 



I769 



Memento mori 

[Cheru&s I lead. \ 

Here lies 

Interr'd the Remains 

of M? 

Susannah Underwoo^ 

wife of M- Joseph 

Underwood who 

Departed this Life 

Fett i8' : h 1769. In the 

82 Year of her Aee. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 5 I 



Memento mori 

[Cherub.] 

Here lies the Remains of 

Miss Mary Lakin the 

Daughter of M\ William 

Lakin and M? Miriam 

his wife who departed 

this Life June 3? 1769. 

In the 28 th year of her age. 

Corruption earth and worms, 
Shall but refine her flesh ; 
Till her triumphant Spirit comes, 
To take it on afresh. 

She lived desaired and 
died lamented. 



She was born April 25, 1742. 



Memento mori 

[Cherub's Headl\ 

Here lies the 

Body of Lieu' 

Benjamin Parker, 

who departed 

this Life Octf 29 th 

1769. Aged 77 

years 10 months & 25 

days. 



The son of Joseph and Hannah Parker, born December 3, 
1691 j he married, October 23, 17 18, Mary Sawtell. 



52 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



I770 



Here 

lies y e Body 

of Lucy Tarbell 

Daughter of M r : 

Oliver & M" Lucy 

A 

Tarbell who di- 
ed Jan' i4* : h 1770 
Aged 2 years 7 
months & 8 days. 



[CAerud.] 

Here lies the 

Body of Sarah Daugh ter 

of M- Ebenezer Patch 

and M rs Sarah his 

wife who died April 

2I 1770 Aged 13 years 

6 months 

and 18 

days. 



She was born September 15, 1756. 



Memento mod 

[Cherub's Head\ 

Here lies the Body 

of M? Mary Page wife 

Ensign Jonathan ° 

Page who departed 

this Life May 22? 

1770. In the 90* 11 Yea 

of her Age. 

This Monument is Erected by her 
son Benjamin Page. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



53 



\C/ierub's Head.] 
Memento mori 

Here lies Inter'd the Remains of 
Abel Lawrence Esq^ son of y e late Col=- 

We Lawrence & Susanna his wife, 

Being formed by y e God of y e Spirits of all 

flesh with Superiour intallectual abiliti es 

A 

he was Called forth in Early life to the 

mannagement of publick bussiness, and 

acquitted himself with honour, he was 

for Several years a member of y e General 

Court, a Justice of y e peace ; he was affable 

in his Disposition when he saw any in 

Distress he felt for them, & was ready to 

Releive them to the utmost of his power. 

Beleiving a state of immortality, he endav- 

oured to secure happiness therein, by the 

Exercise of Repentance towards God & faith 

in Christ, after patiently Endureing a long 

and distressing illness, he submitted to 

the Stroke of all Conquering death 

on the 2o' h of September A) 1770. 

Anno ^Etatis 41 



Memento mori 

\Cherub\ 

Here lies y e Body 

of M? Elizabeth 

Moors wife of M- 

Abraham Moors 

who departed 

this Life Decern' 

4' h 1770 In the 

73? year of her age. 

Her maiden name was Gilson. 



54 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



1771 

Memento mori 

\Cherubs //eat/.] 

Here lies the 
Body of M T : Samue 1 
Barron who de- 
parted this Life 
June 9'" 1771. In 
the 88? year 
of his Age. 

By his will he left to the Church of Christ in Groton the sum 
of thirteen pounds, five shillings., and four pence, the interest to 
be used for the benefit of the poor. 



Here lies the 

Body of Darling 

Blood the Son 

of M\ Oliver 

Blood and M r . s 

Sarah his wife 

who died Sep 1 : 18 th 

177 1 aged 2 years 4 
m. & 8 D. 

The maiden name of this child's mother was Darling. 



Here lies the Body 

of Sarah Daughter 

of M' Ebenezer 

Patch and M? 

Sarah his wife 

who died Nov 1 - 5'" 

1 77 1 Aged 

9 months and 

4 days. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



55 



1772 

[Cherub.] 

Here lies 
y e Body of Bela Ware 
Son of D' Ephraim 
& My s Martha Ware 
who Died Feb 1 - 2 7- h 
1772 Aged 7 months 
& 15 days. 

Fresh as the Morn 

The fragrant bu cl hangs wither* 11 

Ere its Blown 

[Cherub's Head.\ 

Memento mori 

Here lies inter'd 

the Remains of M- 

John Lawrence son of 

Abel Lawrence Esq. & 

M? Mary his wife who 

suddenly departed 

this Life by Being 

Drownded June 8' h 

1772. In the i9' h year 

of his Age. 

One of twins, born October 14, 1752. 

[Cherub's Head.] 

In Memory of 

My. Benjamin Page, 

who Departed this Life 

September the 3^ 1772. 

in the 54< h Year 

of his age. 

the Sweet Remembraance of Y e Just 

Shall flourish When he sleeps in Dust. 

The son of Jonathan and Mary Page, born July 19, 17 19 ; 
he married Sarah Willard, of Lancaster. 



56 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



Memento mori 

[Cherub's Head\ 

Here lies the 
Body of M r . Josiah 
Boyden, who depar- 
ted this Life Oct' 
i7' h 1772. in y e 72? 
year of his age. 
Also 8 of his Children 5 
sons & 3 daughters all 
lyeing near this place. 

The son of Jonathan and Elizabeth Boyden, born Septem- 
ber 21, 1701. 



[C/ierud.] 

Here lies the 

Body of Joseph 

Stone son of Ml 

Nathaniel Stone 

& M? Sybel his 

wife who died 
Nov- ioV 1772. 

Aged 2 years. 

He was born December 19, 1769. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 57 

{Cherub's I/ead..] 

Col. John Bulkley, 

whose remains are here entomb'd, 

departed this Life Dec-y e 3? AD. 1772. JE. 69. 

much lamented by those who knew him. 

He left a sorrowful widow, four Daughters & 

one son, named John by whom this family 

tomb was built ; who also departed this Life Dec? y e 

1 4V 1 A) 1774. JE 26. & whose remains are here 

deposited. 

He was educated at Harvard College and took the 

degree of A.B. & A.M. In the years 1769 and 1772. A good 

natural genius improv'd by a liberel Education he employ'd 

in the study of Law but had only practiced as an attorney 

a sufficient time to raise in his friends the most (sanguine) hopes 

of whatever great or good could reasonably be expected from an 

honest & benevolent heart, influenced by a good understanding 

and a prudent disposition, before a period was put to his Actions 

and designs ; & his numerous Acquaintance were call'd to lament 

the death of a dut'ful son — a lovinsr brother — a faithful friend — a 

A O 

kind neighbour — a good citizen — an honest man. 
Amicus patriae^ generis humani Amicus. 



1773 

Memento mori 
[Ckerub.] 
Here lies Buried y* 
Body of M? 
Prudence Warren 
wife of M r . Abijah 
Warren ; she depar- 
ted this Life Febf 
1* I 773- A ged 23 
Years. Likeways a 
little babe still born 
10 days before she 
died. 

Her maiden name was Lawrence, and she was from Hollis, 
New Hampshire. 



58 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[Bird.] 
Here lies y e Body 

son 

of Joshua Richard A 
son of M r : Convers 
& M r : 8 Marcy Rich- 
ardson, who died 
March is? 1773. Aged 
6 months & 4 days. 

Memento mori 

[Cfterub's Head.] 

Here lies y e remains of 

Mrs. Sarah Woods y e wife 

of Leiu 1 . John Woods, 

who departed this Life 

years 

March. 28- h 1773. aged 67 A 

A faithful wife, a tender mo= 
t/ier, a diligent &> prudent mistress 
of a Family, 6° a pious christian. 
She lived beloved, died lamen= 
ted, with a comfortable hope 
of entering into y e joy of her Lord. 
Her children arise up <S* call her bles- 
sed ; her husband also 6° he praiseth 

(her. 
The daughter of John and Sarah (Prescott) Longley, born 
March 28, 1706. 

Afemento mori 
\CheruVs Head.] 

Erected 

In memory of 

Miss Eunice Green 

(Daughter of M- 

Jonathan &> Mr. Sarah 

Green) who departs 

ed this Life April y e 

iz 1773. In y e 20 th year 

of her Age. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 59 

Stephen Son 

to the Rev? Ml 

Samuel Dana 

and Anna his 

wife ; died July 

2? 1773. aged 17 days. 



Memento mori 
[Cherub.] 

Here lies the 

Body Mf Lucy 

Moors wife of M? 

Joseph Moors 

who departed 

this Life August 

26' h 1773, In the 

33? year of her 

age. 

Her maiden name was Stone; she was married July 22, 1761. 



Memento mori 

[Cherub.] 

Here lies the 

Body of M\ s 

Hannah Blood, 

wife of M r . Caleb 

Blood, she de= 

parted this Life 

Sep^ if 1773. Aged 

38 years 1 month 

and 26 days. 

The daughter of John and Sarah (Davis) Holden, born 
June 24, 1735 ; she was married November 1, 1753. 



6o GROTON EPITAPHS. 



[Death's Head\ 

In Memory of 

Moley Williams 

Dan 1 , of M r . 

John and M r . s 
Moley Williams, 
she Died Sep 1 . 24, 

J 773: 

Aged 14 Months 

and 14 Days. 



\Chettib.] 

Here lies the 

Body of Mar^y 

Richardson, the 

Daughter of M^ 

Convars and M? 

Mary Richardson. 

who died Sep! 

26V 1773 aged 12 

Years 4 months & 9 D. 



\Cherub.\ 

In memory of 

Amos Lawrance 

son of Lieu* Amos 

Lawrance & M- 9 

Betty his wife 

who died Oct\ 

4? 1773. Aged 

4 days. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 6 I 

[Death's /dead.] 

In Memory of 

John Williams 

Son of M^ John & 

M r . s Moley Williams 

he Died Ocf: Y e 29, 

1773- 

Aged two year 

And ten Months 
And one Day. 



Memento mori 

[Cherub's Head\ 

Here lies Buried 
the Body of Cap' 
Nathaniel Parker, 

who departed 

this Life, Nov 1 - y e 

2 4* h 1773. In the 

53? year of his 

Age. 



The son of Benjamin and Mary (Sawtell) Parker, born 
July 17, 172 1. 



Memento mori 

[Cherub' s Head.\ 

Here lies the 

Body of M- 

Ruben Woods 

who 

departed this 

Life Oct.. 1 7 l : h 

1774. In the 64 th 

Year of his age. 



1774 



The son of Nathaniel and Alice Woods, born April 11, 
17 1 1 ; he married, June n, 1741, Submit, widow of Timothy 
Whitney. 



62 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

Memento mori 

\Chenib.\ 

Here lies the 
Body of M\ s Sarah 

Ames wife of 

M r . Robert Ames 

who departed 

this Life NovT 

2 3* *774- In the 

33 Year of her 

age. 

The daughter of Isaac and Abigail (Stevens) Woods, born 
August 17, 1742. 

Here lies the 

Body of Suiel 

Corning Stone 

son of M r . Daniel 

Stone & M™ Pattie 

his wife He died 

Dec 1 : 4 4 : h 1774 

Aged 6 months 

& two days 

Memento mori 

[Cherub's Head.\ 

Here lies the 

Body of M* 

Jason Williams 

who departed 

the Life Deer 8' : h 

1774 In the 53? 

year of his age. 

The son of Jason and Mary Williams, born December 25, 
172 1 ; he married, April 5, 1749, Jemima, daughter of Jonathan 
and Mary (Green) Nutting, born September 19, 1720. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 63 



1775 

Memento mori 

[Cherub's Head.} 

Here lies y e Body 

of Deacon Daniel 

Farnsworth who 

departed this Life 

Jan' 27' : h 1775 In the 

83^ year of his Age 

The son of John and Hannah (Aldis) Farnsworth, born 
May 11, 1692 ; he married, October 20, 1725, Abigail, widow of 
Daniel Shed. 

, Memento mori 

[Cherub's Head.\ 

In this Grave 

is deposited the 

Remains of Lieu 1 . 

Isaac Woods, who 

departed this Life 

on y e 3 if of March 1775 

In y e 76' 11 year of his age. 

The son of Nathaniel and Alice Woods, born February 20, 

1699-1700; he married, September 21, 1725, Abigail Stevens. 

Memento mori 

[C/ierztb.] 

Here lies Buried the 

Body of M' 3 Sarah Wait 

wife of Lieu 1 . Phinehas 

Wait who departed this 

Life May 9* h 1775 In the 

35* h year of her Age 

Likewise 2 Children lying at 

her feet Joseph died June 23f 

1774 Aged 3 months and 22 day s 

Phinehas died Aug' io' h 1775 

Aged 3 months and 1 day. 

Her maiden name was Pierce, and she was from Pepperell. 



64 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

In memory of 

Isaac Allan 

son of M r . Joseph 

Allan & M rs Mary 

his wife. He 

died May i7- h 

1775- A g ed 5 
months & 17 days. 

[Cherub's Head.] 

In memory of 

Miriam Whitny 

Holden (Daughte 1 

of M^ Nehemiah 

& M"? Elizabeth 

Holden) who 

died Aug 4 . 4' h 1775. 

Aged 7 years 6 
months & 15 clays. 



Mf Sarah 

Ames 

Here lies the Body 

of Molley Ames the 

Daughter of M 1 ; Robert 

Sarah 

& M7 A Ames, who died 
Aug' 6' h 1775 In the 
3f Year of her age. 



Stephen 

Son of the Rev'd 

Samuel Dana & 

Anna his wife 

was born May 

the 2o': h 1774. 

and died Aug^ 

the 6' : h 1775. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 65 

Memento mori 

\Cherub.\ 

Here lies Buried 

the Body of Mr Emm* 

Stone daughter of M r . 

Benjamin Stone and 

MP Emme his wife 

who departed this 

Life Aug 1 . 10V 1775 

In the 2 2f year 

of her Age 

{Cherub's Head.\ 

Here lies the Body 

of Samuel Moors 
son of Cap^ Joseph 

Moors & M rs Lucy 
his wife " e died Augf 
I2* h 1775- Aged 10 

years 7 months & 
16 days. 

\Chcrub.\ 

In memory of 

Abigail Lawrance 

daughter of Lieu 1 . 

Amos Lawrance 

& M r f Betty his wife, 

who died Augt 

i3: h 1775- Agedxo 

months & 4 days. 

Here lies y e Body 
of Luther Page, son 
of Mi: Joseph Page 

and Mf Eunice (r "* r 
his wife, who died 
Aug 1 . i 3 * : h 1775. 
Aged 3 years 



66 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



Memento mori 

\Cherubi\ 

Here lies y e Body 

of Miss Miriam 

Lakin Daughter 

of M' William & 

M? Miriam Lakin 

who departed 
this Life Aug* 14^ 

1 775. Aged 20 

years & 4 mon- 

(the just 

The sweet Remembrance of 
Shall flourish when they sleep 

(i>i dust. 



Here lies the 

Body of Lucy 

Moors Daughter 

of Cap 1 . Joseph 

Moors & M^ s Lucy 

his wife who 

departed this Life 

Aug\ i7': h 1775. Aged 

6 years 11 months 

& 11 days. 



Here lies the 

Body of Peggy 

Quailes Daughte' 

of M r . Charles 

Quailes and M™ 

Susanna his wife 

who died Aug 1 . 

17? 1775. Aged 17 

months & 28 days. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 67 

Memento mori 
[Cherub's Head.) 

Here lies the 
Body of Miss Anna 
Pierce, Daughter of 
M'; Wiliam Pierce 

and M'i s Sarah 

his wife ; who died 

Aug- i8' h 1775. 

Aged 22 Years 4 

months & 26 days. 



Here lies the 
Body of Philome a 
Lawrence Daught 

o er 

of Cap' Asa Lawrenc 
and M: 9 Abigail his 

wife she was a 

Desireable Young 

babe who died 

Aug- itf? 1775- Aged 

10 months. 



Memento mori 

[C/ierub's Hcad.\ 

Here lies y e Body 

of Miss Olive 

Fletcher daughter 

of M\ Oliver and 

M 1 : 9 Olive Fletcher 

who departed 
this Life Aug': 2 4 t : h 

1775 Aged 14 
years & 11 mon 9 



68 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



Here lies the 
Body of Elizabeth 

Champney, 

Daughter of M • 

Eberi: Champney 

and Abigail his 

wife, She died 

Aug! 27? 1775. In y" 

6 t : h Year of her age 



Memento mori 

\Chernb^\ 

Here lies y e Body 

of MP Susanna 

Quailes wife of 

M r : Charles Quailes 

who departed this 

Life Aug! 2SV 1 1775. 

Aged 25 years, 9 

mon' & 25 days. 

Tradition says that she was one of the patriotic women, who, 
in April, 1775, arrested Captain Leonard Whiting, of Hollis, 
New Hampshire, near what is now Jewett's bridge, over the 
Nashua River. He was a noted tory and a bearer of despatches 
from Canada to the British in Boston. 



Here lies the 

Body of Eben! 

Champney, 

Son of M T : Eben! 

Champney and 

Ml" Abigail his 

wife, he died 

Aug! 29':" 1775. In y e 

1 9'." month of his Age. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 69 

Here lies the 
Body of Sally- 
Cham pney, 
Daughter of M- 
Eben- Champney 
and Abigail his 
wife She died 
Aug! 29 t : h 1775. In 

(Age 

the 3? year of her 



Memento [cherub] tnori 

M" Abigail Kenrick 

Widow of Cap! Caleb 

Kenrick, left her 

pleasant habitation 

in Newton, & came to 

her Daugh'er Dana's 

in Groton, on accoun l A 

of y e civil War & Sep! 5. 

1775. JE. 76. was remov= 

ed by a dysentery, to that 

place where y e wicked cea* e 

from troubling & y e weary 

are at rest. 

Her maiden name was Bowen, and her daughter was married 
to the Reverend Samuel Dana. 



\Cherub."[ 

Here lies the Body 

of Samuel son of M r : 

Ebenezer Patch 

and M" sarah his 

wife who died sep! 

9= h !775- 
Aged 10 years 
and 2 months. 



JO GROTON EPITAPHS. 



Here lies the 

Body of Mary 

Bowers, Daught er 

of M^ Isaac 

Bowers & M7 

Priscilla his wife 

who died Sep' 

21? 1775. Aged 5 

Years 8 months 

and 17 days. 



[Cherub's Head.\ 

Here lies the Body of 

Joseph son of IVH Ephraim 

& M: 9 Azubah Parker, 

who died Sep* 2.2? 1775 

Aged 5 years & 2 mon- 

Also in Memory of M' 

Nehem* son of y e above 

nam'd persons, who died 

in his Country service 

at Ticomicroga Oct' 22? 

1776. In y e 19V 1 year of his 
age. 



Here lies the 

Body of Sarah 

Bowers, Daughter 

of M* Isaac Bowers 

and M r . s Priscilla 

his wife, who 

died Sep' 25 th 

1775- Aged 4 years 

one month and 

21 days. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 71 

Here lies the Body 

of Ebenezer son 

of Ml Ebenezer 

Patch and M? 

Sarah his wife 

who died sep' 3o' h 

1775 Aged 2 years 

10 months and 

22 days. 



Memento mori 

[Cherub's Head.} 

Here lies Buried 

the Body of M* 

Jonathan Lawranc^ 

Son of M* Jonathan 

Lawrance and M? 

Esther his wife 
He departed this 
Life Oct 1 - if 1775. 
Aged 2 1 Years 1 r 
months & 17 clays. 



Here lies the 
Body of Simeon 
Shed, Son of M^ 

William Shed 

and M? Elizabeth 

his wife, who 

died Octl 5V 

1775. Aged 2 Years 

one month & 

28 days. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



Memento mori 

\Cherub.\ 

Here lies Buried 

the Body of M? 

Abigail Champney 

wife of M' Eben* 

Champney and 

Daughter of y e Late 

& j g e 

Rev? Caleb Trowbrid 

She died Oct! 23? 

1775. in y e 36 Year 

of her Age 

The daughter of the Reverend Caleb and Hannah (Walter) 
Trowbridge, born November 30, 1740. 



Memento mori 

[Cherub's IIead.\ 

Here lies Buried 

the Body of M\ Amos 

Farnsworth who was 

Drowned in Lancaste r A 

Rever Decern- 5' h 

1775. Aged 71 years 

and 6 days. 

Tho in deep water was my Body lost, 
And found before it teas erumbPd into dust, 
And Buried here as this doth lay, 
Till trumpet sound at the last day. — 
And tho in Adam all mankind did die, 
But yet in Christ we may grim death 

{defie. 

The son of Benjamin and Mary (Prescott) Farnsworth, 
born November 27, 1704. Amos and his son, Benjamin, were 
both drowned while crossing the Nashua River in a boat. His 
body was not found until the next March, but Benjamin's was 
recovered on the next day. The son's epitaph immediately 
follows this one. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



Memento mori 

[Cherub's Head.] 

Here lies the 

Body of Benjamin 

Farnsworth son of 

M' Amos Farnsworth 

and M? Lydia his 
wife, who was drownd 
ed on the 5 day of 
December 1775. 
Aged 18 years one 
mo^th and 11 days. 



[Cherub's Head.] 

In Memory of 
M- Benj? Green, 

who Departed 

this Life Jan- 23- 

1776. In the 

year of his 

Age. 



[Cherub.] 

Here lies the 

Body of Isaac 

Dodge son of 

Lieu' Isaac 

Dodge and M? 

Elizabeth his 

wife, who died 

March 6' h 1776, 

Aged 12 monl 

and 29 days 



1776 



74 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



Here lies the 

Body of Ben jam 1 " 

Bancroft Son of 

IVH Thaddeus 

Bancroft & M- 9 

Bulah his wife 

He died March 

8? 1776 Aged 3 

months & 15 days. 



Here lies the 

Body of Joshua 

Lakin son of M' 

Joseph Lakin & 

M? Jerushah 

his wife who 

died March i5 l . h 

1776. Aged 9 

months & 26 day? 



Here lies the 

Body of Prudenc* 

Warren Daughter 

of M r : Abijah & 

M? Prudence 

Warren she 

died May if 1776 

Aged 6 years 9 
months & 22 days. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 75 

Memento mori 

\C her ub's Head.] 

In Memory of 

Cap- Samuel Tarbell 

who departed this Life 

May, 23? at 3 a clock after 

noon 1776 Aged 78 Years 

4 months and 14 days 

Halt passenger as you go past 
Remember time it runneth fast 
My dust in narrow bounds do ly 
Remember man that thou must die 
This dust revive it shall again 

in 

And A a grave no more remain 
When trumpet sound I shall be rais'd 
For this God's holy word hath said 

The son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Woods) Tarbell, and 
brother of the three children carried off by the Indians, June 
20, 1707. He married, December 29, 1725, Lydia, daughter of 
Benjamin and Mary (Prescott) Farnsworth. 



{Cherub's Head.\ 

Memento mori 

Here lies y e Body 

OF 

Lieu' William 

Nutting who 

Departed this 

Life June 2? 1776. 

In the 64' h year 

of his age. 

The son of Jonathan and Mary (Green) Nutting, born 
November 20, 1712; he married, January 18, 1737-8, Joan 
Boynton. 



76 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[Cherub's Head.] 

Memento mori 

Here lies the 

Body of M r . Abijah 

Warren, who 

departed this 

Life Oct? y e 6- h 1776. 

In the 4o , : h year 

of his age. 

\Ch erub' s Head.] 

Memento mori 

Here lies the Body 

of M? Nathaniel Ston e A 

son of M? Nathaniel 

Stone & M? s Sybel 

his wife who died 

in his Countrys ser= 

vice on Dorchester= 

Hill Oct? 22? 1776. 

Aged 17 years one 

month & 22 days. 

t \C her uVs Head.] 

Memento mori 

Here lies the 

Body of M? Simon 

Patch who was 

wounded in y e de= 

fence of his Country 

at y e White-plains 

Oct?28' : " 1776 and 

died of his wound 

Dec? 31"' 1776 in y e 

28' h year of his age. 

The son of Ebenezer and Sarah Patch, born July 11, 1749. 

He was brought home on a litter from White Plains, a distance 

of about two hundred miles, accompanied by his elder brother. 

The litter was made by fitting the but-ends of some small trees 

into the stirrups of a saddle, and putting a sack of hay behind 

on the branches. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. JJ 



[C/teru&'s Head.] 
lies 

Here A the Body of 

Timothy Blood, son 

of M^ Caleb Blood & 

M? Elizabeth his 

wife, He died Jan r : 

13V 1777. Aged one 

year 9 months and 

26 days. 



[Cherub's Bead.] 

Memento mori 

Here lies 

the Body of M r : 

Ebenezer Patch 

who departed this 

Life Jan. 19V 1777 

In the 58V 1 

year of his 

Age. 



\CheruV 's Head.] 
Memento mori 

HERE 
Lies the Body 

OF 

M* Peter Parker 

who departed 

this Life March 

y e 28 - h 1777 In 

the 3 if year of 

his age. 



1777 



The son of Peter and Prudence (Lawrence) Parker, born 
January 15, 1747. 



78 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[C/iend>.] 

Here lies the 

Body of Rebecca 

Stone Daughter 

of M* Jonas Stone 

and M7 Rebecca 

his wife who 

died May. 19?" 

1777. Aged 4 years 

2 months & 10 days 



[Cherub's Head.} 

Memento mori 

Here lies Buried 

the Body of 

M.\ Phinehas Wait 

who departed this Life 

May 30^ 1777. In 

the 69* 11 year of 

his Age. 

He married, March 14, 173 1-2, Mary Hubbard. 



[Cherub' 1 s Head.] 
Mr/nento mori 

Here lies the 

Body of M^ 

Joseph Stone, 

who departed this 

Life Sep- io' : h 1777. 

In y e 75' h year of his age 

The memory of the 
yust is blessed. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 79 



[Cherub.] 

Moley Williams 
2 Dau 1 : of Capl 
John Williams 
& M r . s Moley his 
wife, who Died 

Nov: 7 l . h 1777 ; 

Aged 20 Days. 

[Cherub'' s Head.] 
Memento mori 

Here lies 

the Body of M^ 

Jonas Fletcher, 

who departed this 

Life Dec 1 ; 1777. 

Aged 83 

years. 



1778 



In Memory of W-James 

Park (Son of M r T . William 
Park Stone Cutter cSj M r 4 Anna 

his wife) He was Born In 

Scotland in y e Barronre of 

Glasgow March 19^ I74 1 - 

And Died Feb? 23! 1778. 
He died no Libertine, there is two Extremes, 
the world has always run into, since y fall of Adam. 
i** Papists here have exceded in boundlesse domi- 
nation 6- tyranny over f consciences of men : <5- 
what ever is contrary to y* lawlcsse decrees of there 
Councells 6- Popes, is an unexpiable heresie, 6- cannot 
be purged but by fire & fagot. 2. Whoever refuse 
subjection of conscience to that Enemy of Christ, &> 
to that woman-mistresse of witchcraft, on whose 
skirts is found r Blood off martyrs of Jesus, is 
Presently an heretick, &> his arguments answered 
with buming-quicke, this tyranny over conscience we 
disclaime; yet for that ought not f other extremity 
of wild toleration to be imbraced. 



8o GROTON EPITAPHS. 



[Cherub's Head.] 

Memento mori 

In Memory of 

M- William Green 

who Departed 

this Life May. f± 

1778. In the 

80- year of 

his Age. 

He married, March 9, 1726-7, Hannah Holden, probably the 
daughter of Stephen and Hannah Holden. 

In Memory of 

Joseph Stone 

son of M r Nath 1 . 

Stone & M? 

Sibel his wife 

who died Aug* 

14V 1778. Aged 

2 years 7 monl & 8 

days. 

[Cherub's ffead.] 

Here lies the 

Body of Ezra 

son of the 

Rev4 Samuel Dana 

and M- Anna his 

wife born Aug- y e 

11S A). 1778. Died 

Sep' y e 2 7' : h A). 1778. 

[Cher itb. \ 

In Memory of 
Salley Stone 

daughter of M^ 
Jonas Stone & M r 4 
Rebekah his wife 
who died Sep 1 - 30'* 
1778 Aged 1 year 5 
months & 2 1 days 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



[Cherub.] 

Here lies 
the Body of 
Dradamy Lawre 1106 
Daughter of Cap 4 : 
Asa Lawrence & 
M- Abigail his wife 
who died Oct^ 18* 
1778 In the 7*- year 
of her Age. 

Her social soul O Hotv sublime, 
Her mind sedate serene, 
Sweet sympathy Posest her he*rt, 
Engageing was her mind. 



Here lies 

the Body of 

Oratio-Gaits 

Lawrence (Son of 

Cap 1 . Asa Lawrence 

& M- Abigail his 

wife) who died 
0ct r 2 7* im Aged 4 
months & 16 days. 

(Rose 

Fresh in y morn y e sumer 
hangs Withered ere its noon 
We scarce iujoy ye B a lmy Gift 
But mourn y e Pleasure Gon e 



G 



ROTON EPITAPHS. 



Memento mori 

\Cherttb\ 

Erected 
In memory of 
M» LycUa Tarbell, 
The wife of Cafi- 
Samuel Tarbell 
who departed ^ 
this Life Nov r - ii- 

I77 8. Aged 72 
Years & 15 da y s ' 

1 Mary (Prescott) Farns- 
The daughter of B. *»** .^ s fe was married December 
worth, born September 26, 170 , 

29, i7 2 5- 



1 / ' S {Cherub. .] 

In Memory of 
Elizabeth Farr 
( 1 hiughter of W- 
Thomas Farr & 
M_2 Mary his 
wife) who Died 
Feb r - 24- J 779- 

In the 19- month 

of her age. 

t Proton " (page 399)' sa >' s 
M , B^K R , to his " = - ££ b (, rcovne , s army . 
fhat Thomas Fark was a soWie 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 83 



\Ckervffs Head\ 

To the Memory of 
A Beloved Friend. 

Here lies the Body of 

Lieu 1 . Hezekiah Sawtell 

Who Departed this Life March Y e 18 th 

1779 in the 77 th Year of his age : 

in his life he Was a Kind & Loving Husband 

a tender and Provident Parent, a 

Friendly and Benevolent Neighbour, 

Singularly Pitiful and Liberal, 
to the Poor, Needy, and Distress'd 
his life useful his Death Lamented. 

stop Passenger as You Go by 
Remember You Was born to die 
As You are Now So Once Was I 
As I am Now So You Must be 
Prepare For Death and Follow me 

The son of Obadiah and Hannah Sawtell, born March 2, 
1703: he married Joanna Wilson. 



[Cherub'' s Head.\ 
Memento mori 

In Memory of M 1 - 
JOSEPH CHASE, 
who departed 

this Life Dec": 20$ 
1779. In the 61- 
year of his Age 



84 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



I780 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

ERECTED 
to the memory of 
Mr. ABRAHAM MOORS 
A mild, humane, and honest man, a 
peaceable and regular citizen ; an af- 
fectionate and tender husband and 
parent ; eminent for piety, industry and 
frugality. He departed this life March 

1780, in the 88th year of his age, 

inspired by the refining influences of 

the gospel with a rational and sure 

hope of a glorious resurrection. 

He is supposed to have come from England in the early 
part of the last century; he married, November 21, 1 717, 
Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Gilson. 



Memento mori 

\Cherub.\ 

Erected 

In memory of 

M? Hannah White, 

Wife of 
M r - Thomas White 
who departed this 
Life May 26^ 1780. In 
the 44'i' year of her 
age. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 85 



Memento viori 
{Cherub's Head.] 

In Memory of ML 
SAMUEL BOYDEN, 

who departed this 

Life Nov r -23? 1780. 

In the 30^ 

year of his 

age. 

The sweet Remembrance of y e yust 
Shall flourish when he slec T l in dust. 

The son of Josiah and Jane Boyden, born May 25, 1751. 



I78l 



Memento mori 

{Cherub's Head.] 

M r - 9 Elizabeth Carrie 1 

wife of Capl 

Jonathan Carriell 

Formerly of Sutton 

who died Jan r - 9^ 

1 78 1. In y e 44^ 

year of her age. 



86 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



[Cherub's Head.\ 




<^^z3^> 



In Memory of 
Jonathan Clark- 
Lewis Esq? who 
Departed this 
Life April . 7!? 
1781. In the 37^ 
year of his 
Age. 



[Cher it Ik] 

In Memory of Miss 

Mary Dole, 

Dang- of M' Amos & 

Mr Molley Dole, who 

departed this Life 

Aug 1 . 3'} 1 78 1. Aged 

18 years 9 months 

and 19 days. 

This Monument is erected to her 

Memory, by her mother, at the 

desire of Solomon Russell, her 

intended Partener. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 87 

Memento mori 
\Chcrub's Head.] 

Erected 

In memory of 

M™ Alice Bancroft, 

(Consort of Deacon 

Benjamin Bancroft) 

who departed this Life 

Nov*- 29^ 1 78 1 Aged 

51 years 8 months & 

25 days. 

The daughter of William and Mary (Farnsworth) Tarbell, 
born March 4, 1729-30; she was married October 18, 1749. 

Memento mori 
[Cherub.] 

Erected 

In memory of 

M r - a Abigail Woods 

Relect of LieuLIsaac 

Woods who departed 

this Life Dec r T 24'J! 

1 78 1. In the 80 th year 

of her Age. 

Her maiden name was Stevens ; she was married September 
21, 1725. 



\Chcrub.\ 

Erected 

In memory of 

M" Deborah Amaes, 

{wife of M r - 

Nathan Amaes) 

who died April y e 8'J? 

1782. Aged 35 years 

6 months & 24 

days. 



1782 



88 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



Memento mori 

[C/zerud.] 

Erected In memory 

of M" Sarah Farnswort^ 

{wife of Ml 

Ebenezer FarnswortJi) 

She departed this 

Life April 13^ 1782. 

In the 43 d year 

of her age. 

Likewise Polly their Daughter, 

who was bom April y e S^ and 

Died y e 25- 1782. 

Her maiden name was Nichols ; she was married February 
18, 1767. 



\C her lib's Head\ 

Memento mori 

ERECTED 

In memory of 

Lieu- John Woods, 

who departed this Life 

May 7? 1782. 

In the 85'.!" year 

of his age. 

The son of Nathaniel and Alice Woods, born March 4, 
1698 ; he married, June 3, 1725, Sarah, daughter of John and 
Sarah (Prescott) Longley, born March 28, 1706. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



8 9 



Memento mori 
[Cherub's Head.] 

Here Lies Buried 
the Body of 
M r i Sarah Green, 
(Relict of ML Jonathan Green) 
who departed this Life 
Dec r ., 8'. h 1782. Aged 77 
years 6 months & 27 days. 
jB/ess'd are the dead, yea saith the word, 
That die in Christ the living Lord, 
And on the other side of death 
Thus joyful spend their praising breath. 
The daughter of Josiah and Lucy Lakin, born May 12, 1705 ; 
she was married February 25, 1724-5. 



Memento mori 



[Cherub's Head.] 




[Cherubs Head.} 



fr 

In This 
Grave are Inter'd 

the remains of 

ML Jonas Cutler 

who departed this Life • 

DecL y e 19^ Anno Domini 

1782. Aged 55 years 

This Monument was Erected to 

his Memory by his Loving wife 

Jemima Cutler 



go GROTON EPITAPHS. 



178. 



'0 

Memento mori 

[Cherub's Head.\ 
Here lies Buried 
the Body of 
Deacon James Stone 
who departed this Life 
Feb r -y e 27^ 1783. 
Aged 82 Years 6° 24 days. 
Blest is the Memory of the Just 
Though they be sleeping in y e Dust 
And happy shall be when they Rise 
llirough grace to shine among y e wise 
In Reims of Light 6° Peace above 
To sing &■> Praise Redeeming Love. 
The son of John and Sarah Stone, born January 23, 1701 ; 
he married, December 28, 1726, Mary, daughter of Joseph and 
Hannah Farwell, born February 5, 1709, and sister of his 
brother John's wife. 

Memento mori 

[Cherub's Head.] 

Here Lies 

Buri'd the Body of 

Cap'- Solomon Woods, 

who was Killed by the 

Fall of a Tree May y e 3'! 

1783. In y e 36 l -i' year 

of his Age. 

The son of Isaac and Abigail (Stevens) Woods, born August 

29, 1747. 

[Willow Tree and Urn.} 

Abigail Prescott 

daughter of Hon!? 
Oliver Prescott Esq. 
& Mrs. Lydia his wife 

died Oct>: 6! h 1783 

aged 15 years & 3 
months. 

An amiable Girl. 




~*y* 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



91 



[Urn.] 



[Cherub's Hcad.\ 



Erected 

In memory 

of Cap*- Amos 

Lawrance who 

departed this Life 

June y e 20^ 

Ad. 1785. In the 

70, year of 

his Age. 



Memento mori 

[//our- Gtass.] 



1784 



[ Cherub' 's Hcad.\ 



•J 



[Un 

Likewise 

In memory 

of M 1 ? Abigail 

Lawrance {wife of 

Cap 1 - Amos Lawrance) 

who departed this 

Life Jan r -y 6^ AD. 

1784. In the 63! 

year of her Age. 

The sweet remembrance of the J^ust, 

Shall flourish when they sleep in Dust. 

The youngest son of John and Anna (Tarbell) Lawrence, 
born February 19, 1715-6; he married, November 7, 1749, 
Abigail, daughter of Deacon Nehemiah and Sarah (Foster) 
Abbott, of Lexington. She was born January 26, 172 1. 

\Cher lib's Head.} 

Moley Williams 
3 d Dau r . of Cap* 

John Williams 
& M? Moley his 

wife who Died 

Feb? 22? 1784 j 
Aged 17 Months. 

Memento mori 
[C/ierubs //ead.] 

In Memory of 

Ml Mary Tarbell 

wife of 

Lieu'-William Tarbell 

who departed this Life 

Feb r -y e 29* 1784. 

Aged 88 years 

1 month and 24 days. 

The daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Prescott) Farns- 
worth, born January 5, 1696. 



92 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

Memento mori 

[Cherub" 1 s Head.] 

Here lies the 
Body of M r . Thaddeus 

Bancroft 
who departed this Life 

June 2 if.' 1784 
Aged 28 year 2 months 
& 9 days. 

The son of Benjamin and Alice (Tarbell) Bancroft. 



1785 



[Cherub.] 

Here lies y e Body 

of Mial Ames 

(Son of M r - 

Robert Ames & 

M r i Ruth his wife) 

who died March y e 

31^ 1785; Aged 

6 months. 



[ Willmv Tree and Urn.] 

Thomas Prescott 

son of Hon 1 " 

Oliver Prescott Esq T . 

& Mrs. Lydia his wife 

died Oct 1 : 27'.!' 1785. 

aged 19 years. 

He had a weak body 

& a strong mind. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 93 



1786 

[Cherub's Head.] 

In Memory of 

Mr s Elizabeth Sawtell, 

the wife of 

EsV Richard Sawtell, 

Who Died May 14* 1786, 

Aged 54 years. 

[Cherub's Head.] 

Memento mori 

Erected 

In Memory of 

ML Thomas Baker, 

who departed this life, 

May y e 31"' 1786 

in y e 54- Year of 

his Age. 

[Cherub's Head.] 

In Memory of 
Mr. Nehemiah Lawrence, 
who died July. 13? 
1786. Aged 34 years 
and 6 months. 
Death thou hast conquer 1 d me, 
I by thy dart am slain ; 
But Christ has conquer 1 d thee, 
And I shall rise again. 
The son of Amos and Abigail (Abbott) Lawrence, born 
January 14, 1752. 

[Cherub's Head '.] 

In Memory of 

M r . s Joanna Sawtell Relict of 

Lieu 1 . Hezekiah Sawtell ; 

Who Died Sep 1 , 11? 1786, 

In the 85 th year 

of her Age. 

Her maiden name was Wilson. 



94 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

\Cher lib's Head.] 

In Memory of 

Lieu 1 . Abel Bancroft, 

Who Departed this Life 

October 30 th A. D. 1786, 

In the 35 th Year 

of his Age. 

The son of Benjamin and Alice (Tarbell) Bancroft, bom 
May 28, 1752. 



\ChernVs Head,\ 

In Memory of 
Elisha Rockwoo d 

the Son of M' 

Samuel Rockwood 

& M r . s Lucy his wife 

who Died Dec r . 13, 

1786 ; aged 2 years 

and 2 Days. 



1787 



\CheruVs Head.\ 

In Memory of 
ML? Abigail Parker, 

the Wife of 

ML Joseph Parker, 

who Died Feb? 19, 1787 

in y e 90 th year of her age. 

She left two Hundred or upwards 

of Children 6-> Grand-children. 

The sweet Remembrance of Y e jfust 

Shall flourish when She sleep in dust. 

The daughter of Oradiah and Hannah Sawtell, born March 
13, 1697 ; she was the mother of fourteen children. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 95 

\Chcrtib's Head.\ 

In Memory of 

M r - Nathaniel Stone, 

who departed this life 

July 18? 1787. 

In the 36'i? year 

of his Age. 



Memento mori 

[ JVillow Tree. Urn. Cherub's Head. Urn. Willow Tree. 

Erected 

In Memory of 

Cap t - Benjamin Bancroft 

who departed this Life 

July the 2ii' 1787 ; 

Aged S6 years 2 

months & 4 days. 



[ Willow Tree and Plumb. \ 

SACRED 

to the 

memory of 

Cap* Jabez Holden 

who departed this 

life Aug?, ii'.? 1787. 

in the 53 year 

of his age. 

He married, June 16, 1761, Rachel Farnsworth. 



96 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

1788 

Memento mori 
\Cherutfs Head.] 

ERECTED 

In Memory of Ml 

Peter Parker, 

who departed this life, Jan*. 

6* T h 1788: in the 

69*5 Year of his age. 

The son of James and Abigail (Prescott) Parker, born 
August 6, 17 19. 

[Cherub's Head.] 

In memory of 
Evrett Williams, 
(the son of Capt. 

John Williams, 
& M« Moley his 
wife ;) who died 

June 6, 1788 : 

Aged 6 weeks 

and 6 hours. 



[Urn.] 

Urn.] In Memory of [Urn.] 

Mr. William Park, 

who died June 17, 1788, 

in the 84 year 

of his age. 

Also In Memory of 

Mrs. Anna Park, 

wife of 

Mr. William Park 

who died Oct 1 : 2 1789, 

in the 85 year 

of her age. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 97 



[Cherub's Head.] 
Memento mori 

Erected 

In Memory of 

Lieu' Ezra Farnsworth, 

who died 

June 19V 1 1788; 

In the 86- h year of 

his age. 

The son of Benjamin and Mary (Prescott) Farnsworth, 
born January 17, 1703. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

SACRED 

to the memory of 

Mrs. Eunice Parker, 

wife of 

Mr. Nathaniel Parker, 

who died 

Nov. 19, 178S. 

JEt. 58. 

The daughter of Jacob and Eunice (Lakin) Lakin, born 
January 23, 1 730-1. 

[Cherub's Head.] 

IN 

Memory of 

Lieut. Elisha Rockwood, 

who departed this Life 

Dec. ye. ^ 1788 : 

Aged 72 years & 6 months. 

The sweet remembrance of the Just, 

Shall flourish while they sleep in dust. 

The youngest child of Nathaniel and Joanna (Ellis) 
Rockett, born June 11, 17 16, at Wrentham ; he married, 
August 17, 1738, Elizabeth Adams, born September 3, 17 19, at 
Sherborn. 



98 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

1789 

[Urn. Willow Tree. Willow Tree. Urn] 

Mr. Jonathan Mrs Esther 

Lawrance Lawrance, 

died died Feb. 2. 1789 

April 12, 1806 in the 65 year 

in the 81 year of her age. 

of his wife of Mr. 

age. Jonathan Lawrance 

The son of Thomas and Prudence Lawrence, born Septem- 
ber 2, 1725 ; his wife was a daughter of Jonathan and Sarah 
(Barron) Shed, born August 23, 1724. 



[Cherub's Head.] 

In 

Memory of 

Miss Molly Stone, 

Daug- of M- Nathaniel 

& M? Sybel Stone, 

who died June 16^ 

1789 : In the 18 year 

of her age. 



Memento mori 
[Cherub's Head.] 

Erected 

In Memory of 

M r f Hannah Bowers, 

(wife of 

M' Jonas Bowers,) 

who departed this life 

July y« 12% 1789; 

In the 48'. 11 year of 

her Age. 

Her maiden name was Brown ; she was married December 2, 
1761. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 99 

[ Cherub's Head. \ 

Memento mori 
Here lies the Body 

of 

M r r Robert Ames 

who departed this Life 

NovL 15? 1789; 

Aged 26 years & 

1 month. 

The son of Robert and Sarah (Woods) Ames, born October 
12, 1763. 



[Cherub.] 

In Memory of 

Ede Sawtell, Dau- 

of Lieu 1 - Elnathan 6° 

M- Ruth Sawtell, who 

died March y e 14'- 

1790: Aged 2 

years & 5 days. 



Remember death 

{Cherub's Head.] 

Erected 

In Memory of 

M r i Anna Bancroft, 

Relict of 

Cap 4 - Benjamin Bancroft, 

who departed this life 

April y e 3! 1790; • 

In the 88'^ year of 

her Age 



I790 



The daughter of John and Anna (Tarrell) Lawrence, 
baptized November 1, 1702. 



lOO GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[Cheruffs Head.] 

In Memory of 

Mrs. Mahala Lawrence, 

wife of 

Mr. Rowland Lawrence 

who died 

July y e 3o' : h 1790, 

Aged 26 years 1 m 

& 14 d 



\Chertib's Head.] 

In Memory of 

Eleazer Park 

Son of 

M r John Park Jim' 

and M r . s Lydia his 

wife who died Sep 1 . 

io- h 1790, Aged 1 year 

10 months & 13 days 

Say lovely, prattling, playful boy, 
Thy Father's hope, thy Mother's Joy ; 
Why didst thou make so short a stay / 
But steal our hearts 6° then away. 
God gives &* takes let man adore, 
Death wafts me to tJC immortal shore. 



\CheruWs Head.] 

Erected 

In Memory of 

Cap- John Sawtell, 

who departed this Life 

Dec'y e 23'? y£) 1790, 

Aged 61? years 8 

months and 5 days. 

The son of Ephraim and Abigail Sawtell, born April 18, 1729. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. IOI 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

ERECTED 

In Memory of 

Mr. Nathan Ames 

who died 

March 7, 1791. 

JEt. 61. 



[Cherub's Head.] 

In memory 

of 

M r . Oliver Spaulding 

who departed this life 

Oct 27th, 1 79 1 ; 

in the 28th year 

of his age. 



1791 



1792 



[Cherub's Head.] 
IN 

Memory of Miss 
Rebecca Farnsworth 
Daughter of M\ 
Ebenezer Farnsworth 
and M x .f Sarah 
his wife who died 
Jan' y e 1792 ; 

in y e 25 th year 
of her age. 
Friends &* physicians could not save, 
My mortal body from y e grave. 
Nor can y e grave confine me here, 
When Christ shall call me to appear. 



102 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[Cherub's Head.\ 

Erected 
In Memory of 
Mrs. Betty Sawtell, 
wife of 
Mr. Joseph Sawtell Jun 1 : 
who departed this life 
May 13 th 1792. In 
the 36 th year of her 
age. 
Oh 1 all my friends the hour will soon appear 
When you must die, (S^ leave your bodies here, 
Oh ! then prepare for death that when you die 
May join the saints, in songs above the skye. 



1793 

[Cherub's Head.] 

In Memory of 
Mrs. Mary Stone, 

Relict of 

Mr. Joseph Stone, 

who departed this Life 

April. 6^ 1793, Aged 

81 years & 11 months. 

The daughter of Jonas and Thankful (Wheeler) Prescott, 

born April 29, 171 1. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.} 

[Urn.] IN K>"1 

Memory of 

Mrs. Jean Park 

wife of 
Mr. John Park 

who died 
April 25. 1793. 
Ml. 61. 
Relentless death not tears nor pray rs regards ; 
Not worth nor usefulness his hand retards ! 
Her maiden name was Stewart. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



IO3 



[C&eru&'s Hcad\ 
Memento mori 

Here lies 
the body of 
M" Sarah Chamberlin 
(wife of Sam! Chamber- 
lin and late wife of 
MI Ebenezer Patch) 
who died 
June y e 12? 1793; 
In the 64* h year of 
her age. 
The daughter of Jacob Wright, of Westford. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 
Wm] IN \Ur 

Memory of 
Mr. John Park 

who died 
Augt. 15. 1793. 
JEt. 62. 
Glory with all her lamps shall burn, 
And tvatch the Christians sleeping clay ; 
Till the last trumpet rouse his urn, 
To aid the triumphs of the day. 



[Chentl>.\ 

IN 

Memory of 

M": Thomas Wood. 

who di*d 

March 2!! 1794: 

Aged 47. 

Also Bennit Wood. Son of 

M- Thomas Wood & 

Mr? Mary his wife, 

who died 

April 26'.'. 1 1794; 

Aged 4 years. 



1794 



104 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[Cherub's Head.] 
ERECTED 

To the 

memory of 

Mr. 

Converce Richardson 

who died 

March 8'.'. 1 1794, 

As:ed 62 



1795 

\Cher !(/>.] 

IN 
Memoiy of 
Ml? Rebekah Lawrance 
wife of Lieu- 
Ben jamin Lawrance, 
who died 
Feb': i8'. h 1795; 
Aged 72 

Her maiden name was Dodge. 

[Willow Tree.] 

In Memory of 

Artemas Hemenway, 

son of Lieu'. Samuel 

& Mrs. Sarah Hemenway, 

who died March 13".' 

1795. A £ ed 3 years 
and 1 month. 

In Memory of 

Polly Reed, 

daugl of Mr. John 

& Mrs : Sally Reed, 

who died March 

25V 1 J 795- A g ed 
19 months. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 105 

{Cherub's Head\ 

In memory of 

James Rockwood, 

son of Lieut. Samue^ 

and M r . s Lucy Rockwoo? 

his wife who died 

July 28th 1795. 

Aged 4 years 10 

months & 19 days. 



IN 

Memory of two 

Children of M^ 

Thomas & M? Mary 

Wood 

Daniel died Elizabeth 

July y e 30* died July 31'' 

1795; : 795; 

in y e 4 1 . 1 ; year in y e 3? year 

of his age. of her age. 



{Cherub's Head.] 

Beneath this monu- 
ment lies Buried 
Susanna Prescott, 
eldest daughter of 
James Prescott Jun. 
Esq, and Mrs. Hannah 
Prescott, who died 
August 14th 1795. In 
ye 3d year of her age. 

So fades the lovely blooming flower, 
Frail smiling solace of an hour ; 
So soon our transient comforts fly, 
And pleasure only blooms to die. 



106 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[Cherub's Head.] 

In memory of 

Thomas Rockwood, 

Son of Lieut. Samuel 

Rockwood & M™ Lucy 

his wife died Aug. 17 

1 795 ; aged one year 

4 Months & 10 days. 

[Cherub.] 
IN 

Memory of 

Miss Anna Wait 

Daughter of Lieu' 

Ph in eh as Wait & 

M rs Edee his wife 

who died 



Sep! y e i 4 '. h 1795; 

in y e iS! h year 

of her age. 



[Cherub.] 

IN 

Memory of 

M™ Edee Wait, 

wife of 

Lieu- Phinehas Wait, 

who died 

Oct 1 ; y e 8! h i795; 

in y e 50!!' year 

of her age 

[Cherub.] 

IN 

Memory of 

Miss Elizabeth Wait 

Daughter of Lieu' 

Phinehas Wait & 

Mrs. Sarah his wife 

who died 

Oct. ye 13!." 1795; 

in y e 26!!' year 

of her asre. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



IO7 



[ Urn. Willow Tree and Urn. Urn. 

SACRED 

to the memory 

of 

Joseph Sheple Esq! 5 

who died 

Oct. 16. 1795. 

MX. 74. 

The son of John and Lydia Sheple, born May 22, 172 1. 

[Cherub.] 

IN 

Memory of 

Miss Naby Fassett 

Daughter of Lieu' 

Amaziah Fassett & 

M!'. 9 Edee his wife 

who died 

Oct. y e 22': 1 1795 ; 

in y e 2 1-' year 

of her age. 

[Cherub's Head.] 

ERECTED 

In Memory of 

M- Jonas Bowers 

wlio died 

Nov- y e 11 th 1795 ; 

Aged 52. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 
[Urn.] IN [Urn. 

Memory of 

Mr. William Park 

who died 

Novr. 14. 1795. 

MX. 32. 

Alass ! from death the terrors fly, 

When o/iee 'tis understood ; 

' Tis nature's eall 'tis God's decree, 

And is, and must be good. 



I08 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



1796 



\Cheruffs Head.\ 

In memory of 

Mr. Nehemiah Trowbridge, 

son of the late Rev. Caleb 

Trowbridge, who died 

January nth 1796. 

Aged 73 years. 

[C/ierub.] 
IN 

Memory of 
Miss Bredget Fletcher 

Daughter of 

Mr. Ezekiel Fletcher & 

Mrs. Bredget his wife 

who died 

Oct. 2o! h 1796, 

Aged 28. 

In memory of 

Ralph Nutting Son of 

Mr. William Nutting 

and Mrs. Susanna 

his wife who died 

Nov.' i B .' 1796. Aged 

6 years & 3 days. 

Farewell dear babe, a short farewell, 
I'M we shall meet again above ; 
In the sweet groves where pleasures dwell, 
And trees bear fruits of life & love. 



1797 

EPHRAIM nutting 
DIED 

Jan. 10, 1797, 
Aged 9 1 years. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 109 



IN 

memory of 

Elizabeth Nutting 

Daughter of 

Mr. Abijah and Mrs. 

Eunice Nutting 

who died 
March 2.'! 1 797 ; 
Aged 2 years 1 1 mon- 
ths and 10 days. 



[Cherub's Head.] 

In memory of 

Mr. Edmund Tarbell, 

the son of 

Mr. John & Mrs. Hannah 

Tarbell, who died June 20 th 

1797, aged 31 years and 13 

days. 

Youth's fair flower soon fades and dies, 

And Life's swift moment quickly flies ; 

But to prepare for Death and Heav'n 

Is all for which the longest Life is giv'n. 



[ Willow Tree. Urn. Willow Tree. 

IN 

Memory of 

Mrs. Hannah Green, 

wife of 

Mr. William Green, 

who died 

Sep. 3? 1797. 

Aged 90 years. 

Her maiden name was Holden. 



HO GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 
ERECTED 

In Memory of 

Miss Grace Whiting 

daughter of 

Leonard Whiting Esq. 

of Hollis N.H. & Ann 

his wife, who departed 

this Life October 15- 

A} 1797. Mt. 27. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In Memory of 
M" Mary Lawrance, 

wife of 

M r . Salmon Lawrance, 

who died Dec. 22, 

1797. MX. 28 

years 2 months & 

26 days 



1798 



[Willow Tree and Urn.} 

[Urn.] SACRED [Urn.] 

to the memory of 

Mrs. Sarah Shattuck, 

wife of 

Cap jfob Shattuck, 

who died 

May 5. 1798. 

JEt. 61. 

Retire my friends dry up your tears 

I shall rise when Christ appears. 

The daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Holden) Hartwell, 
born March 19, 1737-8. She was one of a band of patriotic 
women who arrested, in April, 1775, Leonard Whiting, of 
Hollis, New Hampshire, a noted tory, bearing despatches from 
Canada to the British in Boston. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



II I 



[I Till 'ow Tree. 



Urn. 

IN 

Memory of 

Mrs. Deborah Shipley 

wife of 

Mr. James Shipley 

who died 

Sep 1 : 12 th 17983 

Aged 37. 



Willow Tree. 



[ Willow Tree. Urn. Willow Tree.] 

IN 

Memory of 

Mr. John Gragg 

who died Sep* 18, 1798 ; 

in the 58 year of his age. 

When I lie bury'd deep in dust, 
My flesh shall be thy eare ; 
These with 1 ring limbs with thee I trust, 
To raise them strong and fair. 

The son of Jacob and Margaret Gragg, born July 9, 1741. 



1799 

[ Willow Tree and Urn] 

SACRED 

to the memory of 

Mrs. Eunice Lakin 

wife of Mr Jaeob Lakin 

who died 

Janf. 1, 1799 

JSX. 92. 

The daughter of Josiah and Lucy Lakin ; she was born 
October 7, 1707, and married, January 28, 1729-30, her cousin 
Jacob, son of Joseph and Abigail Lakin. 



112 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[C/ieruFs Hcad.\ 
[Hour- Glass.] 

In memory of 

Mrs. Elizabeth Rockwood 

the widow of 

Lieu 1 . Elisha Rockwood 

who departed this life 

May 16 A. D. 1799, in the 

80 th year of her age. 

Her maiden name was Adams ; she was born September 13, 
1 7 19, at Sherborn, and was married August 17, 1738. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In 

Memory of 

Miss. Elisabeth Tarb- 

ell, daughter of 

Mr. Nehemiah & Mrs 

Martha Tarbell, 

who died 
July 12, 1799 ; 
Aged 21. 
Friends as you pass, suppress the falling tear, 
You wish her out of heaven, to wish her hear. 



\Urn.\ 

In Memory of 

Curtis Cook (Son of 

Insign Peter Cook & 

Mrs. Alice his wife) 

who died 

Sep.' 4!!' 1799. 

Aged 1 year 3 months 

and 12 days 

Sleep on my babe ! &* take your rest ; 
God took you home, \hcn he thought best. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. II 



[Urn.'] 

In Memory of 

Evelina Wheeler, Daugf. 

of Mr. Asa and Mrs. 

Sarah Wheeler, who 

died Sep^8! h 1799. 

JEt. 1 year 3 months 

• & 2 days. 



[ Willow Tree and Um.\ 

ERECTED 

In Memory of 

Mrs. Sarah Farwell, 

Co"sort of 

CapI Henry Farwell, 

who died 

Sep! 15 1799. 

Aged 66 

The swee' A remembrance of the just, 
Shall nourish when they sleep in dust. 

Her maiden name was Taylor, and she was from Westford. 



In memory of 
Nabby Carlton Daugh- 
ter of Mr. Solomon and 
Mrs. Nabby Carlton 

who died 

Oct?. 2? 1799. Aged 

1 year 10 months & 

15 days. 



114 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



[Urn.] 

In Memory of 

Sally Cook Daughter of 

Insign Peter Cook & 

Mrs. Alice his wife 

. who died 

Oct!". 2'}. 1799. 

Aged 3 years 1 month 

and 20 days. 

Sleep on my babe ! &> take your rest ; 
God took you home, when he thought best. 



l800 



\lVilloiu Tree and Urn.] 

ERECTED 

In memory of 

Mrs. Susanna the wife of 

Mr. William Nutting 

who departed this life 

Febr 12!." 1S00. 

Aged 42 years <N: 

4 months. 

Be still and know that I am God" 
Were the last words her lips exprest 
Her flesh doth rest beneath this clod, 
Her soul enjoys immortal rest. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. I 15 



To 

The memory of 

Hon. James Prescott Esq. 

This monument is 

Erected 

^f Stranger ! Here lies the son of The 
Hon. Benjamin Prescott Esq. and grandson 
of Jonas Prescott Esq. of Groton, and great 
grandson of Capt. John Prescott of Lanc- 
aster. He was born Jan. i 3 ! h A. D. 1720, i 
He served the public more than fifty years su- 
ccessively, in various military offices, the of- 
fice of civil Magistrate, Legislator, Counsel- 
lor of the Executive, Sheriff of Middlesex, 
or Judge of the C. C. Pleas, which last he 
sustained to his death. He was distinguish- 
ed for his patriotic labors to establish the 
rights and independence of his country. 
Ever the steady friend of true liberty, infl- 
exible in virtue, and thro' life exemplary 
for christian piety. 

He died Feb. 15*, A. D. 1800, M. 80. 

" Quick flees the shadow, man ! " 



[Willow Tree. Urn. Willow Tree.] 

ERECTED 

In Memory of 

Mrs. Abagail Buttrick 

wife of 

Mr. Tilly Buttrick 

who died 

May 2, 1800. 

M. 44- 



Il6 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.'] 

In Memory of 
Mrs. Bredget Fletcher, 

wife of 
Lieu*. Ezekiel Fletcher, 
who died 
Aug'. 9, 1800. 
Aged 53. 
Mark my gay f\ie?ids the solemn tole, 
Speaks the departure of the soul. 
Let each one ask himself am I 
Prepaid, shouVd I be caWd to die. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

ERECTED 

In memory of 

Mrs. Ruth Lawrance 

wife of 

Mr. Joel Lawrance 

who departed this life 

Nov. 19, 1800 ; 

Aged 35 years. 

The daughter of Jonathan Collier, of Groton. 
ISOI 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

SACRED 

To the Memory of 

Mr. Ephriam Nash, 

who died 

Aug!. 27, 1 80 1 ; 

Aged 71. 

The sweet Remembrance of the just, 

Shall flourish when they sleep in dust. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 117 



[Willow Tree and Urn.] 

To 

the Memory of 

Mrs. Sarah Taylor 

Relict of Mr. David 

Taylor formerly wife of 

Mr. W? Parker 

and also wife of 

Mr. Abiel Richardson 

She died Febf. 9, 1802 ; 

Aged 80 years. 



[Willow Tree.] 

Daniel Livermore, 

Died August 

28. 1802, 

aged 3 months 

& 10 days. 

son of Mr William 

6» Mrs Betsey Livermore, 



[Um.\ 

J.T. 

ERECTED 

in memory of 

Mr. John Tarbell, 

who died 9, Sep. 1802, 

in the 80 th year 

of his age. 



l802 



The son of William and Mary (Farnsworth) Tarbell, born 
August 19, 1723 ; he married, first, October 29, 1753, Sarah, 
daughter of John and Mary (Bradstreet) Parker, born April 
14, 1726, and, secondly, Hannah 



I I 8 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[ Willow Tree and (7m.] 

ERECTED 

In memory of 

Lieu? Phineas Wait-- 

who departed this life 

Nov' 29, 1802 ; 

in the 67 year of 

his age. 

The son of Phineas and Mary (Hubbard) Wait, born 
November 12, 1736 ; he married, first, January 28, 1762, Sarah 
Pierce, of Pepperell, and, secondly, Ede 



I803 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

Erected in Memory of 
Mrs. Jane Reed Relict 
of Mr. Timothy Reed 

of Dunstable, formerly the 
wife of Lieu 1 . William 
Nutting of this Town, 

who died Feb? 7, 1803, in 
the 86 year of her age. 



Her maiden name was Boynton. 



[Willow Tree. Urn. Willow Tree.] 

In memory of 

Mr. Timothy Crou°" 

who died 

March 4 1803 

in the 53, Year 

of his a<re. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 119 



[Urn] 

In memory of 

LOVINA 

Consort of Mr. Abel 

Tarbell, who died 1st. 

Octr. 1803. in the 

22 year of 

her age. 

The daughter of Joshua and Bridget Longley, of Shirley, 
born August 15, 1781. 

{Willow Tree] 

In Memory of 

Tho! Barrett Nutting 

son of Mr. William & 

Mrs. Mary Nutting, he 

died Octr 7!! 1 1803, 

aged 18 months & 19 Ds. 

Ah ! little Pleasant lovely Boy 

Thy Father's hope, thy Mother's 

(joy 

Why didst thou make no longer 

stay 

Just steal our hearts 6* then away. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

IN 

memory of 

Mr. Isaiah Edes 

who died 

Novr. 17. 1S03. 

Mt. 73 

The son of Peter and Esther (Hall) Edes, born December 
11, 1730, at Charlestown; he married Agnes, daughter of 
Robert, Jr., and Susanna (Johnson) Screech, and removed 
to Groton in the year 1796. He married for his second wife, 
Mrs. Sarah Parker, and for his third, Mary Kemp. There 
were no children by the second marriage. 



120 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn. ] 

In memory of 
Mr. JAMES MOORS 
son of Joseph Moors 
Esq. and Mrs. Sarah Moors, 
who died Dec. 14th, 
1803; 
in the 20th year 
of his age. 
Let sorrow change to sacred mirth, 
Know God in love hath give?i 
The pure in heart, who mourn on earth, 
Perpetual smiles in heaven. 



1804 



[ IVillmv Tree and Urn\ 

ERECTED 
In 

Memory of 

Capt. Henry Farwell, 

who died 

Jan. 9, 1804, 

in the 81 year 

of his age. 

The son of William and Elizabeth Farwell, born July 21, 

1724; a soldier in the French war and a captain of a company 

of minute men at the opening of the Revolution. He was 

severely wounded at the Battle of Bunker Hill. 

[ Willoiv Tree and Urn.] 

SACRED 

to 

the memory of 

Cap. Asa Lawrance, 

who died 

Jan. 16. 1804. 

JEt. 67. 

The son of Peleg and Ruth Lawrence, born June 14, 1737 ; 

he married, July 27, 1757, Abigail King, of Littleton. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 121 



[Will (no Tree and dm.] 

In memory of 
Mrs. Mary Stone 

Relict of 

Dea. James Stone, 

who died 

March 20ft 1804; 

JEt. 95. 

The daughter of Jonas and Hannah Farwell, born February 
5, 1709; she was married December 28, 1726. 



[ Willcnu Tree and Urn.] 

Here lies buried 

George Dana, 

Son of Samuel Dana 

& Rebeckah his wife 

who died April 12 

A. D. 1804, aged 1 year 

6 months & 10 days. 



[Um.] 

In Memory of 

Lien 1 . Reuben Lewis. 

who died 

May 4, 1804, 

aged 65 

years. 



122 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



\Urn and Willow Tree.] 
Monumental Tribute 

SAMUEL ROCKWOOD, 

son of 

elisha rockwood, and 

Elizabeth his wife, 

Was born at Groton Decern. 6 

1754, and died suddenly May 29, 

1804 ; for a course of years he 

sustained the office of Deacon 

in the Church, and was honored 

with many posts of civil trust, 

the duties of which 
He discharged with great prudence 
and fidelity. 

In his character, 
was conspicuous an uncommon assemblage 
Of the mildest and most useful virtues. 

At his death, 
Among survivors who knew him, 
There were none but friends — 
All united in deploring this loss. 



Here lies Lydia Ann 

Prescott, daughter 

of Oliver Prescott 

Junr. Esq. and Mrs. Ann 

his wife who died 

Sept. 4th 1804. 

Aged 1 year and 1 1 

months. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



I23 



[Willcnu Tree and Urn.] 

[Urn.] ERECTED [Urn.] 

In memory of 

Mrs. Betsy Gass, 

wife of 

Mr. Thomas Gass, 

who died 

Sep. 21, 1S04. 

in the 35 year of 

her age. 

Death is a debt to nature due, 

I've paid the debt and so must you. 

[ IVilloiv Tree and Urn.] 

ERECTED 

In memory of Dea? 

Benjamin Bancroft 

who died 

Octr. 27, 1804. 

ML 80. 

Eldest child of Benjamin and Anna (Lawrence) Bancroft, 
born September 29, 1724, at Charlestown ; he married, October 
18, 1749, Alice, daughter of William and Mary (Farnsworth) 
Tarbell. She was born March 4, 1729-30, and died November 



29, 1781. 



ERECTED 

in memory 

of the 

Hon. OLIVER PRESCOTT Esq. 

M. D. A. A. S. M. M. S. S. 

who departed this life 

November 17, A). 1804. 

aged 73 years, 6 months, and 9 days. 

ALSO 

Mrs. LYDIA PRESCOTT, 

Consort of the 

above said Oliver Prescott, who died 

September 27, A). 179S, 
aged 62 years, 1 1 months, and 1 1 days. 



[A TABLET.] 



124 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

ERECTED 

In memory of 

Mr. Caleb Blood, 

who died 

Deer. 9. 1804. 

JEt. 70. 

' flee, 

From death the gloomy terrors 
When once tis understood, 
'Tis natures call "'tis Gods decree 
And is and must be good. 
Son of John and Joanna (Nutting) Blood, born November 
23, 1734; he married, November 1, 1753, for his first wife, 
Hannah, daughter of John and Sarah (Davis) Holden, and 
March 3, 1774, for his second, Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac 
and Anna (Green) Farnsworth. 



1805 



[Urn.] 

Luther Tarbell 

son of Mr. William & 

Mrs. Mary Tarbell, 

died 4 Jan. 1805 

aged 8 years & 9 

months. 

[ IVillmv Tree and Urn.] 

In Memory of 
Mrs. Alice Cook 

wife of 
Mr. Peter Cook 

who died 

March 16, 1805 ; 

Aged 29 years 

2 months and 

13 days. 

The sweet remembrance of the just, 

Shall flourish when they sleep in dust. 

Retire my friends, dry up your tears; 

Here J must lay till Christ appears. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 125 

[ Willow Tree.} 

In memory of 

Peter Woodberry, son of 

Mr. Samuel and 

Mrs. Rebe^cah Woodberry, 

who died 

July 2, 1805 j 

Aged 4 years. 

Sleep on sweet babe, and tak e your rest, 
For God will eall, when he thinks bes{ 



Keystone. 
Hour -Glass. Compass. 

Trowel. Urn. Pickaxe. 
. Coffin. Spade. 

ERECTED 

in memory of 

Lieut. JONAS FARNSWORTH, 

who departed this life 

suddenly by a stroke of the sun 

16 th July 1805. 

in the 57 th year 

of his age. 

An honest man is the noblest work of God. 

The son of Amos and Lydia (Longley) Farnsworth, born 
August 18, 1748. 



\Willcnv Tree.} 

In Memory of 

Gabriel L. Blood, 

son of Mr. Henry & Mrs. 

Abagail Blood, 

who died Aug. 28, 1805. 

aged 6 years & 7 months. 

Sleep on sweet babe &> take your 

(rest, 

For God will eall, nthen he thinks 

{best. 



126 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

IN 

memory of 

Mr. James Kindall, 

who died 

Sep. 20, 1805. 

JEt. 27. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.\ 

Abigail Gardner. 

consort of 

Thomas Gardner Esq. 

da lighter of the 

Hon. Ebenezer & 

Abigail Champney, 

was born 

May 4, 1767. 

died 
Nov. 10, 1805. 

Thus must we leave the banks of life, 
And try this doubtful sea 
Vain are our groans &* dying strife 
To gain a moments stay. 

Her mother was the daughter of the Reverend Caleb 
Trowbridge, the fifth minister of the town. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. I 27 

I806 

[Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Mr. Jonathan Peirce, 

who died May 12, 1806 ; in 

the 55. Year of his age. 
He was a tender father, an 
affectionate husband, 
a benevolent neighbour, 
a sincere friend. 
Thrice blessed are the pious dead, 
Who in the Lord shall die ; 
Their weary flesh as on a bed 
Safe in the grave shall lie. 
Their holy souls at length released 
To heaven shall take their flight ; 
There to enjoy eternal rest, 
And infifiite delight." 

The son of Jonathan and Ruth (Gilson) Peirce, born 
December 3, 1751. 



[Stars. Square and Compass. Stars. 

In memory of 

Mr. William Lepear, 

who died 

June 5, 1806. 

JEt. 63. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn. ] 

In Memory of 

Lieut. Ezekiel Fletcher 

who died 

July 7, 1806. 

Aged 65. 

Welcome those Bonds which did unite 

My soul to it's Supreme delight 



128 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[ Will ozv Tree and Urn.] 

SACRED 

To the 

Memory of 

Cap': 

Jephthah Richardson 

who died 

Oct^ 9. 1806. 

M. 49. 

The noble, generous, resolute 6° just, 

Like other, mortals mingles with the dust. 

The son of Converse and Mary Richardson ; he kept a 
tavern, during many years, on the present site of the Baptist 
Church. 

[Willow Tree and Urn.] 
[Urn.] SACRED [Urn.] 

To 

the Memory of 

Mr. William Shattuck 

who died 

Oct. 9. 1S06. 

JEt. 42. 

Son of Job and Sarah (Hartwell) Shattuck, born March 
8, 1765; he married Eunice, daughter of Simon and Anna 
(Shattuck) Blood. 

I Willow Tree and Urn. \ 
In memory of 
Olive Moors 
daughter of Joseph 
Moors Esq. and Mrs. 
Sarah Moors, who died 
Nov. 6th, 1806 in the 
14th year of her 
age. 
As fades the lovely blooming flower, 
Frail, smiling solace of an hour ! 
So soon our transient comforts fly, 
And pleasures only bloom to die. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. I 29 

[Urn.] 

In Memory of 

Sarah Shattuck, 

Daughter of 

Mr. William Shattuck, 

who died Nov' 7. 1806. 

Aged 7 years & 

3 months. 



I807 



[Urn.] 
In memory of Adeline 
Amelia Weeks, Daughf. 
of Mr. David & Mrs. Eli- 
za Weeks, who died Janf. 
16, 1807 ; aged 5 mon- 
ths & 22 days. 

Farewell S7veet babe farewell adue 
No more with pleasure shall I look on you 
Death comes with a scythe to cut the down 
Like the tender grass you must be mown 
You have left a too rid of sorrow sin 6° pain 
It is wicked to call thee back to life again. 



[ Willow Tret: and Urn.] 
[Urn.] SACRED [Urn.] 

To 

the Memory of 

Mrs. Eunice Shattuck. 

wife of Mr. William Shattuck 

who died Feb. 10 1807. 

yEt. 41. 

The daughter of Simon and Anna (Shattuck) Bi.ood, born 
February 25, 1766. 



130 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[Urn. Willow Tree. Urn.] 

In memory of 
Mr. 
Thomas Gragg, 
who died May 17, 
1807, JEt. 61. 
Also Mrs. Eunice, 
his wife, died Dec. 
18, 1S26. JEt. 76. 
In dust their relicks here 1'epose, 
Their joys and griefs are done ; 
The Judgment day will full disclose, 
The crowns which they have won. 

The son of Jacob and Margaret Gragg, born July 21, 1746 ; 
he married, December 1, 1768, Eunice, daughter of John and 
Lydia (Parker) Lakin, born August 19, 1750. 

[ Willmu Tree and Urn.] 

IN 

Memory of 
Lieut. Benjamin Lawrence 6 

J A 

who died 

July 5, 1807. 

JEt. 87. 

The son of Nathaniel and Anna (Scripture) Lawrence, 

born November 6, 1720 ; he married, June 20, 1744, Rebecca 

Dodge. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Ensign Peter Cook 

who died 

Nov. 9 A. D. 1807. 

Aged 42 years 

and 1 1 months. 

Alass I from death the termors fly, 

When once 'tis understood ; 

'Tis nature's call 'tis God's decree, 

And is &> must be good. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 131 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

SACRED 

to the memory of 

Mr. Samuel Fletcher 

who died 

JanL 13, 1808. 

JEt. 27. 



[Urn, Compass, and Willow Tree.] 

In memory of 

Mr. TIMOTHY SPAULDING, 

who died Feb. 19, 1808 ; 

aged 38 years 10 months 

& 11 days. 



Dorothy Emerson, 
daughter of Mr. De- 
arborn, & Mrs. Sal- 
ly Emerson, died 
29th Feb. 1808. 
Aged 1 year, 5 mon- 
ths and 27 days. 



[Urn and Willow Tree.] 

In memory of 

Miss MARIA SAWTELL 

dau. of Ens. RICHARD & 

Mrs. ELIZABETH SAWTELL 

who died 22, April 1808 ; 

in the 38 year of 

her age. 

Death is a debt by nature due, 

Which I have paid 6° so must you. 



l808 



132 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[Urn. Willow Tree and Urn. Urn.] 

SACRED 

to the memory of 

Mrs. Lucy Hobart 

wife of 

Mr. jfosiah Hobart 

who died 

June 5, 1808 

JEt. 90. 

Erected by William Cumings Esq. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

ERECTED 
in memory of 
Capt. 
Ebenezer Hopkins, 
who died 
August 24, 1808. 
JEt. 88. 
Cruel death hath conquer 'd me, 
I with his dart am slain ; 
But Christ hath conquer 'd death, 
And I shall rise again. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

James son of Mr. 

James & Mrs. Faithey 

Ridgway, died 9 

Sept. 1808 aged 

20 months. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

SACRED 

To 

the Memory 

of 

Mr. Isaac Bowers, 

who died 

Sep. 14, 1808. 

JEt. 67. 

The son of Samuel and Deborah (Farnsworth) Bowers, 

born June 26, 1741 ; he married, March 25, 1765, Priscilla 

Dodge. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



133 



Sewall Emerson, 

son of Mr. Dearborn, 

and Mrs. Sally 

Emerson, died 16 

Oct. 1808. 

Aged 9 days. 



[Urn.] 
In memory of 
Charls Ames, 

Son of 

Mr. Peter & 

Sally Ames, 

who died 

Novr. 8, 1808. 

Aged 3 years, 

3 months & 

15 days. 



I809 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

IN 

memory of 

Mr. Phineas Parker, 

who died 

Feb. 15 1809. 

Mt.ei. 

This stone erected by his 

Brother 

James Parker, Esq. 

The son of Leonard and Abigail Parker, born September 
23, 1748; he married, May 26, 1773, Relief, daughter of 
Robert and Deborah Parker, born March 27, 1750. 



134 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[Urn and Willow Tree.] 

In memory of 

Sarah, 

wife of 

Joseph Rockwood, 

who died 

March 29, 1809, 

JSX. 66. 

Her maiden name was Richardson; she was married January 
30, 1766. 



[Willow Tree. Urn. Willow Tree. 

SACRED 

to the memory of 

Mr. STEPHEN KEMP, 

who died April 29 

1809. 

Aged 27 years. 

son of Capt. LEVI & Mrs. 

REBECKAH KEMP. 

He liv\l belov'd & died lamented 



[Willow Tree and Urn]. 

Mem - Mori 

SACRED 

To 

the Memory of 
Mr. John Sheple, 

who died 

May 27, Ad. 1809. 

JEt. 52. 

Exe. by John Park Jr. 

The son of John and Abigail (Green) Sheple, born February 
3, 1757- 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



135 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

IN 

memory of 

Miss Rebecca Lewis 

who died 

June 21- 1809, 

JEt. 47- 

The daughter of James and Rebecca (Brown) Lewis, born 
July 15, 1762, at Billerica. 



[ Willow Tree.] 

An 

infant son of 

Lieu'. Abr^ 1 & 

Mary Moore 

born 

May 7. A3. 

1S10. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

Memento JMoi'i 

SACRED 

to the memory of 

of 

Cap. James Lewis, 

formerly of Billerica 

who died 

June 12. 18 10. 

^Et.7-5. 



l8lO 



The son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Jaquith) Lewis, born 
September 25, 1735, at Wilmington. He married, January 3, 
1760, Rebecca Brown, and removed to Groton in the spring 
of 1796. 



I3 6 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



l8ll 



[Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Sally E. Blood, 

DaugJf; of M\ Luther Blood, 

and M? Sally his wife, 

who died July 18, 18 10. 

JEt. 2. years. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

SACRED 

to the memory 

of 

Abigail Gardner 

daughter of 

2Viomas Gardner Esq. 

and 

Abigail Gardner 

his wife 

who died March 23, 181 1 

aged 18 years 

Beauty only blooms to die," 
But this mortal, must put on 

immortality." 



MR. JOHN PARK, 

DIED 

MAY 26, 181 1, 

JET. 50. 

MRS. LYDIA, HIS WIFE, 

DIED 

SEPT. 3, 1845, 

JET. 82. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. I 37 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

IN 

memory of 

Mrs. Betsey Page 

wife of Enoch C. Page 

who died 

June 6, 181 1. 

JEt. 22. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

William Tufts, 

Son of Mr. Eliakim 6r> Mrs. 

Sarah Tufts, who died 

Sep. 1, 1811 : 

JEt. 17. 

Youth b\oomingfair and age must die 

And turn to dust as well as I. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

IN 

memory of 

Mrs. Sibel Stone, 

widow of 

Mr. Nathaniel Stone, 

who died 

Sep'. 27. 1811. 

JEt. 78. 

[Um.] 

Abigail Wheelock 

Daughter of 

jfohn &> Lydia Todd 

died Dec r . 4. 181 1. 
JEt. 1 year & 4 mo* 



138 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



I8I2 



[Willow Tree and Urni\ 

ERECTED 

in memory of 

Mr. Silas Parker, 

who died 

Feb? 23*? 1812, 

in the 524 year 

of his age. 

O ye whose cheek the tear of pity stains, 
Draw 7iear with pious reverence and attend! 
Here lie the loving husband 's dear remains, 
The tender father, and the gen'rous friend. 



[ Willow Tree. Urn. Willow Tree.] 

In 

memory of 

Mr. Ephraim Kemp. 

who died 

Apr' A l 30, 18 1 2, 

^Et. 71, years. 

tears : 

JHctire my friends dry up your 

ars. 

Here I lie till Christ appe 

The son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Gilson) Kemp, born 
March 22, 1741. 



jerusha, 
wife of 

Ephraim Nutting, 

DIED 

May 22, 1812, 
Aged 87 years. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. I 39 

\Urn. Willow Tree. Ur?i.\ 

ROWLAND LAWRENCE, 

DIED 

June 17, 18 1 2, 

JEt. 49. 

MAHALA, 

his wife 

died July 30, 1790, 

JEt. 26 



[ Willow Tree and Um.\ 

In memory of 

Mr. Elisha Young 

who died 

Nov. 19, 1812. 

JEt. 58. 

Death is a debt you all must pay, 

Prepare then for your dying day. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

IN 

memory of 
Miss Syrena Sheple 
Dau. of Mr. Wilder 6" 
Mrs. Phebe Sheple 
who died 
Dec. 25. 1812. 
JEt. 12 years. 
Stop passenger as you pass by, 
As you are now, so onee was L; 
As I am ?iow, so you must be, 
Prepare for death and follow me. 



140 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

1813 

[ Willow Tree and Urn\ 

\Urn.\ IN [Urn.] 

Memory of 

Lieu 1 . Jobe Shattuck, 

the 3V 1 who died 

Feb. 20, 1813 : 

JEt. 31. 

Friends and physicians could not save, 
My mortal body from the grave, 
Nor can the grave confine me here, 
When Christ my Saviour doth appear. 

The son of Job and Elizabeth (Blood) Shattuck, born 
January 22, 1782 ; he married, April 19, 1803, Polly Prescott, 
daughter of Elnathan and Ruth Sawtell, born January 11, 
1784. His widow afterward married Luther Shattuck, a 
brother of her first husband. 



[ Willtnu Tree.] 
In memory of 

(bee, 

Mr. Parker Wether 

who died 

Feb. 25, 1813, 

-Ft. 43- 



[ IVillma Tree and Um.\ 

In memory of 

Calvin Blood, 

Son of Mr. L?ither Blood 

and Airs. Sally his wife, 

who died Febr. 27. 

18 13. yFt. 11. days. 

Sleep on szceet child 6» take thy re s ' 

To call thee home God saw it be $t 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 141 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

IN 

memory of 

Capt. 

EZEKIEL ShATTUCK, 

who died 

April 1. 1813. 

^Et. 48. 

Just as the grass is zvithered 
Beneath the scorching sun, 
His glory in the dust is laid, 
His usefulness is done. 

The son of Noah and Sarah (Hartwell) Shattuck, born 
April 12, 1763; he married, September 25, 1788, Prudence, 
daughter of Levi Blood, born October 30, 1770. 



[ Willoiv Tree and Urn.] 

In 

Memory of 

Mr. Benj? Bowers, 

who died 

May 4, 1813, 

JEt. 47- 

The son of Isaac and Priscilla (Dodge) Bowers, born 
October 27, 1766. 



[Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Mrs. Mary Gulliver, 

widow of 

Mr. Benjamin Gulliver, 

who died 

June 7, 1813; 

JEt. 3 i. 

Her maiden name was Bancroft. 



142 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 
In Memory of 

Miss 

Abigail W. Patterson. 

Daug r of Mr. Nicolas &> 

Mrs. Abigail W. Patterson of 

Harvard, who died 

June 23, 1813. 

Mt. 22. 

[Willow Tree and Urn.] 

An na dan. of Capt. 

Noah 6* Mrs. Anna 

Sliattuck, died Sept. 

19 th 18 13 : aged 9 years 

&* 9 months. 

trust, 

May guardian cherubs watch thy sacred 
Till recent life reanimates thy dust. 



I8I4 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

SACRED 

to the memory of 

Mrs. Rebecca Lewis, 

wife of 

Cap 1 . James Lewis, 

who died 

Jan. 1, 1814. 

MX. 75. 

The daughter of Samuel Brown, of Billerica, born February 
2 9» J 739-4o. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

James Son of 

Mr. James & Mrs. 

Faithey Ridgway, 

died Jan. 19, 18 14. 

Aged 8 months. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 143 

[ Willow Tree and Urn\ 

IN 

Memory of 

Miss 

Marjary Lawrence. 

who died 

Jan. 29, 1814. 

JEt. 63. 

The daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca (Dodge) Lawrence, 
born January 3, 1751. 



[IVillow Tree.] 

In memory of 

Joseph T. Nutting, 

son of 

Mr. Joseph Danforth &* 

Mrs. Lucinda Nutting, 

who died 

March 24. 18 14. 

aged 2 years. 

We will not weep 
Our babe's asleep 
In Jesus' arms. 



\Willow Tree.] 

In memory of 
James Putnam 
son of 
Peter 6° Susanna Putnam 
who died March 29, 18 14. 
aged 9 years 6 months 
Corruption earth and worms 
Doth but reflne this flesh ; 
Till my triumphant spirit comes 
And puts it on afresh. 



144 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[ Willoiu Tree and Urn.] 

IN 

memory of 
Mr. Wilder Sheple 
who died 
April 2. 1814. 
JEt. 60. 
Not beauty youth nor friend could save, 
Nor virtue snatch thee from the grave, 
Nor sigh nor groan nor falling tear, 
Prolong thy stay one moment here. 

The son of Joseph and Eunice Sheple, born May 5, 1754. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

IN 

memory of 

Thomas Lawrance, 

Son of Mr. Joel &* 

Mrs. Ruth Lawrance, 

who died 

Augt. 5. 18 14. 

JEt 22. 

He was drowned in Long Pond. 

[ Willmv Tree and Urn.] 
IN 
memory of 
Mrs. Abigail Trowbridge, 
wife of 
Mr. Nehemiah Trowbridge, 
who died 
Oct- 14, 18 14 
JEt. 78. 
Thrice happy shades, now freed from cares, 
Thy mortal frame at rest, 
Secure from pain, from grief and fears, 
With kindred souls thou , ri blest. 
The daughter of Matthias and Abigail (Shed) Farnsworth, 
born November 19, 1735 ; she was married January 12, 1758. 





4$ 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 145 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

IN 

memory of 

Sarah S. Brown, 

Dau. of Mr. Aaron 6° 

Mrs. Sarah Brown, 

Died Dec. 14, 1814; 

aged 16 months. 



1815 



[Willorv Tree and Urn\ 

ALMON, 

died Jan. 29, 1815, 

JEt. 3 ms. 15 ds. 

LYMAN, Jr. 

died Sept. 16, 1826, 

JEt. 16 ys. n ms. 3 ds. 

Sons of Lyman 6° 

Nabby Fletcher. 



[Willow Tree and Urn.] 

[Urn.] ERECTED [Urn.] 

in memory of 

Sally Stone 

consort of Nathaniel Stone 

who died March 8, 18 15. 

JEt. 24. 

Also in memory of 

an Infant, son of 

Nathaniel 6° Sally Stone, 

who died Aug. 25, 18 13. 

Aged 24 hours. 



146 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[Willow Tree and Urn.] 
IN 

memory of 

Mr. 

Nathaniel Shattuck, 

who died 

April 5. 1815. 

JEt. 67. 

Friends nor physicians could not save, 

My mortal body from the grave ; 

Nor can the grave confine me here, 

When Christ shall call me to appear. 

The son of William and Experience (Spaulding) Shattuck, 
born at Hollis, New Hampshire; he married Eunice, daughter 
of Benjamin and Betty (Nutting) Hazen, born April 30, 1754. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Mr. Sampson Prescott, 

who died May 16, 

1815 ; ^Et. 52 vs. 

Also Mrs. LUCY, 

his wife, died March 

14, 1834; JEt. 71 ys. 

" Here memory comes by true affection led 

To commune with the distant and the dead „ 

[Urn. Willow Tree and Urn. Urn.] 

ERECTED 

in memory of 

Mr. Richard Sawtell 

who died 

Octr. 16. 1815. 

JEt. 78. 

The son of Hezekiah and Joanna (Wilson) Sawtell, born 
June 21, 1737 ; he married, March 23, 1763, Elizabeth Bennet. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 147 



l8l6 



[Willow Tree and Urn.] 

[Urn.] ERECTED [&?"•] 

in memory of 

Mr. Bela Hemenway, 

Son of 

Lieut. Samuel Hemenway, 

and Mrs. Sarah his wife, 

who died 

Janr. 17. 1816. 

Ml. 26. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

Jonas 

Son of Mr. Thomas &> 

Mrs. Lovina Farnsworth 

died Febr. 2. 18 16. 
Mt. 3 mo" &• 13. days . 

Ah ! little pleasant lovely boy, 
Thy fathers hope thy mothers joy, 
Why didst thou make no longer stay, 
Just steal our hearts and then away. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

SACRED 

to 

the memory of 

Mr Jonas Stone 

who died 

April 26, 18 1 6, 

^Et. 78. 

The son of Joseph and Mary (Prescott) Stone, born 
November 11, 1737. 



148 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[ Willcnv Tree and Urn.] 

SACRED 

to the memory of 

Mr. Benjamin Jaquith 

who died 

June 1, 18 16, 

JEt. 65. 

Dear friends remember 

Dust thou art, and unto 

Dust shall thou return. 

\Urn and Willotv Tree.] 

In memory of 

Joseph Rockwood, 

who died 

June 9, 18 16, 

JEt. 72. 

The son of Elisha and Elizabeth Rockwood, born June 13, 
1744; he married, January 30, 1766, Sarah Richardson. 

[ IVillcnu Tree and Urn.] 

Miss 

Prudence Dunsmoor 

died June 22 

1816 

JEt. 38. 

[ Willmv Tree and Urn.] 

ERECTED 

In memory of 

WILLIAM S. 

PARK, 

son of Mr. yohn Park &• 

Mrs. Lydia his wife 

who died 

Augt. 20, 18 1 6 ; 

JSX. 20. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 149 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 
[Urn.] SACRED [Urn.] 

to the memory of 
Jean Day 

■wife of 

Moses Day 

who died 

Oct. 14, 1816, 

J£X. 48. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

ERECTED 

in memory of 

Mrs. Jane Tarbell, 

wife of 

Major Abell Tarbell, 

who died 

Oct. 29, 1816, 

MX. 36. 

Her maiden name was Harkness, and she was from Lunenburg. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

IN 

memory of 

Miss Esther Edes 

who died 

Novr. n. 1816. 

Mt. 52. 

The daughter of Isaiah and Agnes (Screech) Edes, baptized 
December 16, 1764, at Charlestown. 



150 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



I8I7 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Mr. 

JOSEPH ALLEN, 

who died 

Jan. 24, 1817 : 

JEt 80. 



[ Willow Tree.] 
John O. Williams 

Son of 

Mr. Lewis &> Mrs. 

Abigail Williams, 

died Febr. 28, 181 7 ; 

^Et. 9 months. 

[ Willow Tree and Ur?i.] 
Urn.] in [Urn. 

memory of 
Mr. 
Stephen Munroe 
who died 
Septr. 16. 1817. 
JEt 66. 
Farewell my partner, children, all, 
For we a while must part ; 
But soon shall meet upon that shore, 
Where we shall meet to part no more. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 
MOSES AMES 

son of 

Mr. George 6° 

Mrs. Jemima 

G. Gilhnore. 

died 

Sep 1 . 20, 1817, 

aged 1 Y r . 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 15 I 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

IN 

memory of 

Mrs. Betsy Lawrance, 

wife of 

Mr. Joel Lawrance, 

who died 

Nov. 26, 1817. 

ML 52. 

Her maiden name was Stedman, and she was Mr. Lawrence's 
second wife. 



I8l8 

[Willow Tree and Urn.] 

ERECTED 

in memory of 

Lieu. Samuel Hemenway 

who died 

March 15. 18 18. 

^Et. 70. 

Death is a debt to all nature due 

I have pafd the debt and so must you. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Mr. 

Amos Stone Jr. 

who died 

May 27, 181S, 

^Et. 42. 

The son of Amos and Molly (Moors) Stone, born September 
21, 1776. 

[Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Mrs. Mary, 

wife of Mr. Joseph Allen, 

who died 

Nov. 3, 18 18: 

ML 72. 



152 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn. Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Mr JACOB PATCH 

who died Dec. 22, 

1818. JEt. 72. 

Also Mrs. MARY, 

wife of 

Mr. Jacob Patch, 

died Aug. 27, 1828. 

JEt. 85. 

The son of Ebenezer and Sarah Patch, born April 5, 1747 ; 

his wife was the daughter of Benjamin and Betty (Nutting) 

Hazen, born April 28, 1743. They were married January 9, 1772. 



I8l9 



[Willow Tree and Urn.] 

[Um.] SACRED [Urn.] 

to the memory of 

Cap. Job Shattuck 

who died 

Jan. 13. 1819. 

JEt. 84. 

The son of William and Margaret (Lund) Shattuck, born 

February 11, 1735-6. He was a noted leader in the insurrection 

of 1786, — known as the Shays's Rebellion, — and was afterward 

tried for high treason, convicted, and sentenced to be hanged, 

but was subsequently pardoned. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

SACRED 

TO 

the memory of 
Benjamin Richardson, 

son of 

Mr. Alpheus Richardson, 

&* Mrs. Phcbe his wife 

who died 

June, 11, 18 19, 

Aged 20 years. 

He livd belov\i and died lamented. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 153 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In Memory of 

Mr. 

Samuel Bennett, 

who died 

Aug. 29, 18 19, 

Mt. 25. 



\Willow Tree and Urn,] 

In 

memory of 

Mrs. Prudence Shattuck 

Consort of Capt. Ezekiel 

Shattuck, Obt. Sept. 2, 

1819, MX. 49. 

With grace and piety her days were crowrid 
With lustre bright her virtue shine around 
Reader could ashes speak they'd loudly cry 
Make God your friend and so prepare to die. 

The daughter of Levi Blood, born October 30, 1770; she was 
married September 25, 1788. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

IN 

Memory of 

Mrs. MARY PARKER, 

wife of 

Mr. yosias Parker, 

who died 

Sept. 25, 18 19 ; 

MX. 41. 

Our hearts are fasten 'd to this world, 
By strong and endless ties ; 
But every sorrow cuts a string, 
And urges us to rise. 



154 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[Willow Tree and Urn.] 

IN 
memory of 
Mrs. Elizabeth Blood, 
wife of 
Mr. Caleb Blood 
who died Dec. 9, 1819; 
yEt/70 : 
Why do we mourn, departing friends, 
Or shake at death 's alarm ; 
Tis but the voice that jfesus sends, 
To call them to his arms. 

The daughter of Deacon Isaac and Anna (Green) Farns- 
worth, born March 24, 1750; she was married March 3, 1774. 



l820 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

GEORGE 

KORTLANDT, 

Son of Mr. Aaron &> 
Mrs. Sally Lewis, 
died Jan. 16, 1820 
JEt. 4 ys. & 6 ms. 



[Willow Tree and Urn.] 

SACRED 
TO 

the memory of 

William, 

son of 

Mr. Alpheus 6* 

Mrs. Phebe Richardson, 

who died 

Aug. 3, 1820 ; 

JSX. 17. 

This mortal must put on immortality, 



GROTON EPITAPHS. I 55 

[Urn. Willow Tree. Urn.] 
THOMAS TROWBRIDGE 

died Sept. 22, 1820, 
JEt. 85 yrs. 1 1 mos. 

RUTH 

his wife 

died Aug. 8, 1836, 

JEt. 86 yrs. 

The son of the Reverend Caleb and Hannah (Walter) 

Trowbridge, born November 12, 1734. Ruth was his second 

wife, and her maiden name was Nevers. 



I82I 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

G 

[Spade. Plumb. Level. Square and Compass. Mallet. Rule. Trowel. ] 

SACRED 
To 

the memory of 

Mr. Alpheus Richardson, 

who died 

Jan. 20. 1821 ; 

JEt. 47. 

Forgive blest shade, the tributary tear, 

like tli is ; 

That mourns thy exit from a world , 

•* J here, 

Forgive the wish that would have kept thee 
And stayed thy progress to the seats of bliss. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 
Hariot Newell 
Daughter of William 6° 
Betsy Farnsworth, 
who died 
July 28, 182 1 ; 
JEt. 3 yrs. g mo. 
This lovely bud so young and fair, 
Cafd hence by early doom ; 
jfust come 1 show how sweet a flower, 
In paradise would bloom. 



I56 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[Willow Tree and Urn.] 

IN 
memory of 
Mrs. Zerviah Preston, 
who died 
Aug. 6. 1821. 
MX. S3- 
Can reason's dictates be obefd, 
So weak alas ! her strongest aid , 
O, let religion then be nigh, 
Her consolations never die. 

[ Jl'illozu Tree.] 

In memory of 

REBECCA, 

Dau r . of Mr. Joseph 6°. 

Mrs. Rebecca Hemenway 

who died 

Octr. 2, 1S21 j 

^Et. 16 months. 



[ Willow Tree.] 

Jane Nutting 

Daughter of 

Cap. Joseph D. &* 

Mrs. Lucinda Nutting 

died Oct. 11, 1821, 

Aged 3 months. 

[Willow Tree and Urn.] 

IN 

memory of 

FANNY, 

Dau r . of Mr. Joseph 6-. 

Mrs. Rebecca Hemenway, 

who died 

Nov. 5, 1821 : 

MX. 5 years. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



157 



[ Willow Tree.] 

In memory of 

Mrs. Susanna Patch 

wife of 

Mr. Zara Patch, 

and Daughter of 

William Nutting Esq. 

who died 

Dec. 10, 182 1 ; 

Mt. 40. 



[ Willow Tree.] 

JOHN B. 

Son of 

Mr. John and 

Mrs. Martha Smith. 

died Dec. n, 182 1, 

Mt. 9 y. & 10 m. 

He liv'd beloiul 6^ died lamented. 



l822 

{North Side. ] [A MONUMENT.] 

EPHRAIM NUTTING 

DIED MAR. 18, 1822 

AGED 57 

MARY 

WIFE OF 

EPHRAIM NUTTING 

DIED JULY 28, 1859 

AGED 88 

ASA NUTTING 

DIED FEB. 27, 1830 

AGED 31 

NUTTING 



158 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[ West Side.} 
LUTHER NUTTING 
DIED AUG. 25, 1849 

AGED 42 

NATHAN K. MOORE 

DIED OCT. 3. i860. 

AGED 65 

CHARLOTTE P. 

WIFE OF 

NATHAN K. MOORE 

DIED MAR. 20. 1862 

AGED 69 

{East Side.} 

PETER BOWEN 

DIED MAY 5, 1836 

AGED 45 

SYLVIA T. 

WIFE OF 

PETER BOWEN 

DIED MAR. I. 1842 

AGED 50 

AVERY E. NUTTING 

DIED FEB. 19. 1849 

AGED 15 MOntllS 

[Willow Tree and Urn.] 

SACRED 

to 

the memory of 

CHARLES. 

Son of Mr. Alpheus 

Richardson dr», 
Mrs. Phebe his wife 
died May 25, 1822 ; 
.]■'.{. 19 yr. 6 mo. 
Down to the dead all must descend 
And saints of God must die ; 
While angels guard the'' A ' souls to rest 
In dust their bodies lie. 

Abel Sawtell Groton [fecit.] 



GROTON EPJTAPHS. I 59 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

G 

\Spade, Level, and Plumb. Square and Compass. Mallet, Rule, and Trcnael.] 

IN 

Memory of 

Cap. John Williams 

who died 

July 1, 1822 ; 

JEt. 76. 

The son of John, Jr., and Elizabeth (Cutter) Williams, 

born July 4, 1746. 

[ JVillotu Tree. ] 

IN 
memory of 

ALMIRA, 

dau*. of Cap. Thomas 
&> Mrs. Milly Blood, 
who died 
Aug. 19, 1822. 
JEt. 5 yr. 10 mo. 
There is beyound the skies, 
A heaven of joy and love, 
And all good children when the 
Go to that world above. '*' 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.\ 
IN 
Memory of 
Mr. David Green 
Born at Groton, March 10. 
1741. Died at Mason N. H. 
Nov. 10. 1822. 
JEt. 81. 
Stop, Friend and read as you pass by ; 
As you are now, so once was I ; 
As I am now, so you must be ; 
Prepare for Death, and follow me. 

The son of Jonathan and Sarah (Lakin) Green. 



l6o GROTON EPITAPHS. 



1823 



[ IVillcnv Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Doct. 

Samuel Hemenway, 

Son of Licit t. Samuel Hemenway 

who died 

Jan. 8, 1823 ; 

JEt. 45. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn. ] 

SACRED 

to the 

memory of 

Mrs. Phebe Richardson, 

Consort of 

Alpheus Richardson Esq. 

who died April 28. 1823. 

JEt. 46. 

Death is a debt, to nature due, 
I've paid the debt, and so must you. 



In memory of 
John Bright, 

who died 

May 31, 1823, 

JEt. 71. 

The days of our years arc three score years and ten ; 
and if by reason of strength they be four score years, 
yet is their strength labour and sorrow ; for it is 
soon cut off, and tve pass away. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. l6l 

[ Willow Tree and dm.] 

Mrs. 

Ann Bates, 

wife of Stephen Bates Esq. 

who died at Dunstable N. H. 

Nov. 10, 1823, 

aged 22. 

Death with his dart has pierc'd my heart, 

When I was in my prime ; 

When this you see grieve ?wt for me, 

' Twas Gocfs appointed time. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.\ 

IN 

memory of 

Mrs. Hepzibath Ball, 

who died Nov. 14, 1823 ; 

iE.73. 

She was many years the wife of 

Mr. Benjamin yaquith &* about 

3 months the wife of Eleazer 

Ball Esq. 

The daughter of Joseph, Jr., and Hannah (Blood) Blood, 
born April 8, 1751. 



[ Willozu Tree.] 

In memory of two 

Daughters of Mr. Luke 

and Mrs. 

Sarah Famsworth, 

Susanna Augusta, 

born Oct. 29, 1816, 

died Jan. 12, 1824. 

Mary born Oct. 2, 18 18, 

died Jan. 15, 1824. 



1824 



\6l GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[ Willow Tree.} 

EBENEZER, 

Son of 

Lieut. Ebenezcr and 

Mrs. Susan D. Hopkins, 

died Jan. 14, 1824 ; 

ISA. 5 years. 

[Willow Tree and Urni\ 

In memory of 

Mrs. REBEKAH, 

wife of Mr. Jonas Stone, 

who died 

Jan. 27, 1824, 

ISA. 82. 



1825 



[ Willow Tree and dm.] 

ABI 

STIMSON 

formerly wife of Capt. 

Jephthah Richardson 

of Groton, since, wife of 

Jeremy Stimson Esq. 

late of Hopkinton deceased. 

died May 17, 1825. 

ISA. 68. 

Detraction ! approach not thou this Hal- 

[loiued sf>ot. 

She 7oas a meek, humble, professing 

[Christian. 

[ Willmv Tree and Urni] 

In memory of 

Mrs. 

Eunice Nutting, 

wife of 

Mr. Abijah Nutting, 

who died 

June 2, 1825 j 

ISA. 49. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 163 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

SACRED 

To the 

memory of 

Mr. Frederick 

Augustus Richardson, 

Son of Mr. Alpheus 6° 

Mrs. Phcbe Richardson, 

who died June 4, 1825 ; 

y£t. 19 years. 

As Jesus died and rose again, 
Victorious from the dead ; 

So his disciples rise and reign, 
With their triumphant head. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

SALMON, 

Son of Mr. Abijah &• 

Mrs. Eunice Nutting, 

who died 

June 7, 1825, 

JEt. 17. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

IN 

memory of 

Mrs. Ruth Ames, 

widow of 

Mr. Robert Ames, J\ 

who died 

July 3, 1825 ; 

JEt 68. 



!64 groton epitaphs. 

[Urn. Willow Tree. Urn.} 

In memory of 

two Daughters of 

Mr. Luke & Mrs. 

Sarah Farnsworth, 

Sarah, born Nov. 3, 1822 ; 

died Sept 6, 1825. 

Mary Susanna 

Augusta, born Febr. 

20, 1S25; 
died Sept. 16, 1825. 

[Willow Tree and Urn.} 

Sacretr 

To the memory of 
Mrs. LYDIA, 
wife of 
Dea. Timothy Stone, 
who died 
Sept. 24, 1825, 
JEt. 52 years. 
Forgive, blest shade, the tributary [tear], 
That mourns thy exit from a world like th !S ' 
Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here 
And stayed thy progress to the seats of bliss. 

[Willotv Tree and Urn.} 

SACRED 

To the 
memory of 
Miss Caroline 
Daughter of the late 
Mr. Alpheus and 
Mrs. Fhcbe Richardson 
who died Oct. 5, 1825 ; 
ALL 16. 
What though once we perish' d all, 
Partners of our parents fall ; 
Second life we shall receive, 
And in Christ forever live. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 165 

[Willow Tree and Urn.] 

Mrs. Prudence 

wife of 

Mr. Joseph Abbott, 

died 

Oct. 25, 1825. 

JEt. 47. 

As I am now so you must be, 

Prepare for death and follow me. 



1826 



[ Willozv Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Mrs. 

Sarah Hemenway, 

Widow of 

Lieut. Sa?miel Hemenway, 

who died 

April 15, 1826, 

JEt. 71. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn. ] 

IN 
Memory of 
Mrs. Mary, 
wife of Mr. John Burgess, 
who died 
April 21, 1826, 
-fit 55- 
Through every scene of life and death, 
HIS promise was my trust ; 
And may this be my children's song, 
Now I am in the dust. 

Her maiden name was Reed; she was married August 31, 1803. 



I 66 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn. ] 

In memory of 
Mrs. JANE 
wife of Lieut Jonas Farnsworth, 
who died 
May 20, 1826 ; 
J£X. 73- 
She was an exemplary member of the Church 
about 50 years. 
" Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shall 
be saved" 



[Willotv Tree.} 

Wm, Henry, 

Son of Mr. William 

and Airs. Sally Smart 

died 

Aug. 2, 1826, 

Mt. 18 mo. 

Our little Son from us is gone, 

And why should we his loss bemoa 



[ Willow Tree and Urni] 

In memory of 

Mrs. Phebe Sheple 

Wife of 

Mr. Wilder Sheple, 

who died 

Aug. 27. 1826. 

JEt. 62. 

My Flesh shall slumber in the ground 
Till the last trumpets sound 
Then burst my chains with sweet surprise 
And in my Saviours image rise. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 167 

[ Willow Tree.] 

GEORGE C. 

Son of Mr. Isaac & 

Mrs. Anna Billiard, 

died Dec. 24, 1826 ; 

JEt. 4 ys. 

Here lovely child thy dear remaifi 
Enjoy a quiet sweet repose, 
Whilst thy blest soul in angel strains, 
Chants for thy song no mortal knows. 



[ IVillozu Tree.] 

In memory of 
Mr. 

Zara Patch, 

who died 

Jan. 9, 1827, 

JEt. 43. 



1827 



The son of Jacob and Mary (Hazen) Patch ; he married 
Susanna, daughter of William Nutting. 



[ Willozu Tree and Urn.] 

Mrs. Anna 

wife of 

Mr. Isaac Bullard, 

died 

Feb. 22, 1827, 

JEt. 31. 

When I lie buried deep in dust, 
My flesh shall be thy care, — 
My withering limbs with thee I trust, 
To raise them strong and fair. 



l68 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

\Willoio Tree and Urn.\ 

In memory of 

Mr. 

Timothy Stone Jr 

who died 

March ig, 1827, 

M\. 42. 

Emely, Daughter of 

Timothy 6° Mary Stone, 

died March 13, 18 19, 

MX. 23 months. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.\ 

In memory of 

Mr. Job Shattuck, 

who died 

May 4. 1827 : 

JEt. 68. 

The son of Job and Sarah (Hartwell) Shattuck, born 
December 10, 1758; he enlisted in the Continental Army in the 
year 1780. 



\Willo%u Tree and Urn.] 

In Memory of 

Mr. Joel Lawrence, 

who died 

May 26, 1827, 

JEt. 60. 

' Blessed are the dead, who die in 
the Lord. 

The son of Jonathan and Esther (Shed) Lawrence, born 
July 21, 1767; he married, first, Ruth, daughter of Jonathan 
Collier, of Groton ; secondly, Betsey Stedman, and, thirdly, 
Isabella Willard, of Langdon, New Hampshire. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 1 69 

Urn. Willow Tree. Urn. Willow Tree. Urn.] 

In Memory of 
Mr. Joshua Davis. 
who died 
July 5, 1827 ; JEt. 79. 
Also Mrs. Sibel, 
his wife 
died Jan. 12, 1799 ; JEt. 25. 
And Mrs. Betsy 
his wife 
sister of his former wife 
died Aug. 27, 1818 ; JEt. 42. 
Thrice happy shades now freed from cares 
Our mortal frames at rest ; 
Secure from pain and grief and fears, 
With kindred souls we are blest. 



1828 



[ Willcno Tree and Urn. ] 

SACRED 

to the memory of 

Cap. 

Nathan Brown, 

who died 

Jan. 9, 1828, 

JEt. 83 ys. & 8 ms. 

" All the days of my appointed 

time did I wait, till 7ny change 

came. „ 

[ Willow Tree.] 
MOSES A 
Son of Mr. Moses & 
Mrs. Keziah Gill, 
died Feb. 28, 1828 : 
JEt. 7. weeks. 
Farewell sweet babe we part in pain, 
No more on earth to meet again ; 
We soon shall meet on that blest shore, 
Where parting hours are known no more. 



I70 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



[Urn. Willow Tree. L 

LYMAN FLETCHER 

died Oct. 24, 1828, 

Aged 55. 

ABIGAIL, 

wife of Lyman Fletcher 

died Nov. 2, 1849, 

Aged 69. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn. ] 

In memory of 

JAMES LEWIS Esq. 

who died 

Dec. 24, 1828, 

JEt. 67. 

The son of James and Rebecca (Brown) Lewis, born January 
26, 1761, at Billerica ; he married, December 19, 1782, Lucy 
Crosby, and removed, May 24, 1796, to Groton, where he lived 
with his father. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Mrs. LUCY, 

wife of James Lewis Esq. 

who died 

Dec. 30, 1828, 

JEt 63. 

The daughter of Hezekiah Crosby, of Billerica; she was born 
November 10, 1765. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 171 



[Urn. Willow Tree. Urn. 

In memory of 

Mr. SALMON 

LAWRENCE Jr. 

who died 

Jan. 17. 1829. 

JEt. 40 yrs, 

Also 

Mrs. SALLY 

his wife died 

March 23. 1818. 

JEt. 30 yrs. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

IN 
Memory of 
Mr. JOHN BURGES, 
who died 
March 19, 1829, 
JEt 77. 
Farewell dear friends, and children too, 
For Christ has calVd me home ; 
In a short time he'll call for you, 
Prepare yourselves to come. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Mr. 

Bradley Hopkins, 

who died 

June 24, 1829 ; 

JEt. 27. 

Consoling thought ! dear parent dry your tears, 

Your son has gone beyond your anxious fears ; 

Weep tiot for him, his tears are wip'd away, 

He's paid that debt, we all must shortly pay. 



l829 



172 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.\ 

IN 

Memory of 

Mrs. Hannah, 

wife of Mr. John Tarbell, 

who died Aug. 6, 1829, 

JEt. 93 years & 

8 months. 



[ Willffiv Tree and [7m.] 

IN 

Memory of 

MR 

Salmon Lawrence, 

who died 

Sep. 23, 1829, 

^Et. 64. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.\ 

IN 

Memory of 

Mrs. MARY, 

wife of Mr. Richard Sawtell 

who died 

Sept. 26, 1829, 

iEt.79. 



\ 



GROTON EPITAPHS. I 7, 



18^0 



NOAH SHATTUCK'S 

Tomb Erected 1830. 

A naritive of HIS progenitors 

who hath lived and died in Groton. 

HIS, G't grand Fa. Wm. SHATTUCK, 

from Europe as early as 1689 : D. 1730. 

HIS, grand Fa. Wm. SHATTUCK 2d. 

born 1692 : D. 1758. 

MARGARET, his wife, m'dn n'm Lunn, D. 1764. 

HIS, Fa. JOB SHATTUCK, ^-. Son of Wm. 

SHATTUCK 2d. born 1736: D. 1S19. 

SARAH, his wife, jna'dti rfm Hartwdl, 

born 1738 : D. 1798. 

NOAH SHATTTUCK DIED 

Sept. 28, 1858. Aged 86 y'rs. 

ANNA, his wife , died 
April 15, 1863. Aged 85 y'rs. 



[ Willaiv Tree and Umi\ 

In memory of 

Mrs. LUCY, 

wife of Mr. Asa Lawrence, 

who died 

June 19, 1830 : 

JEX. 49. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

IN 
Memory of 

MRS. SARAH, 

widow of Mr. Abel Bancroft, 

who died 

July 8, 1830. 

JEt. 77. 



O 



174 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Mr. GEORGE W. 

son of Doc t. Samuel Hememvay 

who died 

Sept. 5, 1830; 

JEt. 23. 

Be honest, be just, and fear not. 

[Willow Tree and Urn.] 

Miss MARY ANN 

Daughter of Mr. 

Joseph &> Mrs. 

Prudence Abbott, 

died Oct. 10, 

1S30. JEt. 18. 

Farewell dear brothers young and old 

Farewell dear sisters too, 
My checks are pale my hands are cold, 
And I must bid you all adieu. 



1831 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

IN 

Memory of 

Lt. 

Pelatiah Russell, 

who died 

Jan. 21, 1831, 

JEt. 77. 

I Willow Tree and I 'ru. \ 

In memory of 
Capt. THOMAS 
EARN ES WORTH 

who died 

May 1, 1831. 

JEt. 43- 



GROTON EPITAPHS. I 75 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

SACRED 
to the memory of 
Benjamin W. Richardson, 
who died 
Sept. 19, 1S31. 
Mt. 1 1 ys. & 8 ds. 
This lovely bud, so young and fair. 
CalPd hence by early doom ; 
Just come to show, how sweet a flower 
In Paradise could bloom. 

[Willow Tree and Urn.] 
In memory of 
Mrs. RUTH, 
wife of 
Lieut. Elnathan Sawtell, 
who died Dec. 16, 
1 83 1, Mt. 6S ys. 
& 6 ms. 
Sudden she was call'd to go, 
And bid adieu to all below ; 
Sudden the vital spirit fled, 
And she was number'! with the dead. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 
In memory of 
William Nutting Esq 
who died 
April 18, 1832. 
^Et. 80. 
Ye fields that witnesed once his tears, ' 
Ye winds that wafted oft his praise ; 
That river where he breath 'd his prayers, 
No more shall hear his cheerful lays, 
Through Christ his sins are all forgiven, 
His praises now are sung in heaven. 



1832 



176 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Mrs. SALLY, 

wife of Mr. Aaron Lewis, 

who died 

April 19, 1832. 

Mt. 43. 

The daughter of Oliver and Abigail Spaulding, born October 
25, 1792. 



[Willow Tree and Urn. \ 

In memory of 

Miss SARAH Y. 

daughter of Mr. Joel ov 

Mrs. Betsy Davis, who 

died May 27, 1832, 
JEt. 20. 

Death with his dart has piere'd my heart, 
When I was in my prime; 
When this you sec grieve not for me, 
' T was God's appointed time. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn. Urn and Willow Tree.] 

Mr. WILLIAM 
BANCROFT 

died 
May 28, 1832, 

.Kt. 76. 

Mrs. AGNESS, 

his wife, died 

July 30, 1832, 

JEt. 76. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 177 

\\Villo7v Tree and Urn.} 

In memory of 

Capt. 

AARON BROWN, 

who died 

Aug. 19, 1832. 

JSX. 44. 

Fr tends nor physicians could not save 

This mortal Body from thee grave. 

The son of Nathan and Sarah (Somes) Brown, born 
September 21, 1788, at Wenham ; married, June 6, 1811, Sarah 
Pierce, of Groton. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Mr. 

LUTHER BLOOD, 

who died 

Sept. 8, 1832, 

JEt. 47. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Mrs. MIMA, 

wife of 

Mr. Levi Burgess, 

who died 

Dec. 22, 1832 ; 

&t. 55. 



178 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



1833 



[ Willcnv Tree and Urn.] 

DOCTOR 

BENJAMIN 

MORSE, 

died May 21, 1833, 

m. 93. 

Mrs. MARY 

his wife, died 

Dec 16. 1835. 

JEt 94. 



[ Willcnv Tree and Urn.] 
In memory of 
Mrs. MILLY, 
wife of Capt. Thomas Blood, 
who died 
June 4, 1833, 
Ml. 54. 
Farewell dear partner children all, 
I now must go my Jesus calls ; 
With patience wait prepared be, 
In a short time you'l follow me. 



[ Willinv Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Capt. SAMSON 

FARNSWORTH. 

who died 
July 1. 1833. 
^Et. 88. 
No age from death can fly, 
No friends but what must part ; 
Death will dissolve the tenderest tie, 
That f s formed within the heart. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. I 79 



[Willow Tree and Urn.] 
SAMUEL P. 
Son of Mr. 
Reuben 6- Mrs. 
Mary Hartwell, 
died Sep. 18, 
1833. JEX. 3 ys. 
7 ras. & 3 ds. 
PF^tt ?/j Lord from things below, 
And raise our minds above ; 
Thy heavenly treasures to us show, 
And ' fi 11 us with thy love. 

'[Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Mr. 

ARTEMAS HEMENWAY, 

who died 

Oct. 5, 1833, 

Mt. 37. 

[ Willmo Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Mr. 

BENJAMIN F. 

SAWTELL, 

who died 
Nov. 2, 1833; 

^t 33- 
Dear companion, thou hast left us, 
And thy loss we deeply feel ; 
But 'tis God that hath bereft us, 
He can all our sorrows heal. 

Frederick Alonzo 
Simonds, 
Son of 
Hiram &> Mary Gale, 
died Nov. 23, 1833 ; 
Aged 9 months. 
This lovely plant so young & fair 
CalVd hence by early doom 
Just come to show h T sweet ajloiver 
In Paradise would bloom. 



l8o GROTON EPITAPHS. 



1834 



[North Side \ I A MONUMENT.] 

Man lives his little hour and 
Falls, too oft unheeded down. 

SACRED 

to the Memory of 

Capt. ABRAM CHILD 

who was born at Waltham, 1741, and died 

at Groton, Jan. 3, 1834, Aged 93 yrs. 

He entered the army in the 

French War, at the age of 17 yrs. 

Was with Gen. Amherst at the capture of 

Ticonderoga and Crown Point, in 1759. 

He was a Lieutenant among the 

Minute Men, and aided in the Concord Fight, 

and the Battle of Bunker Hill, in 1775. 

Joining Washington, 

he was one of the Immortal Band 

which crossed the Delaware, Dec. 25, 1776, 

and turned the tide of war, in the Victories 

of Trenton, and Princeton. 

Detached to the North, 

he fought in the two Battles of Stillwater, 

and witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne, in 1777. 

Rejoining Washington, 

he bore equally the Frosts of Valley Forge, 

and the Heats of Monmouth, in 1778. 

Detailed with Gen. Wayne, 

he crowned his Military career, 

by heading the Infantry as oldest Captain 

in the gallant capture of Stoney Point, in 1779, 

where he received the only wound that 

marked his eventful services. 

REBECCA STOWELL, 

his wife died Nov. 1830, JEt. 84. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. l8l 



[South Side.] 
SACRED 

to the Memories of 

JOSHUA BENTLEY 

of Boston, who died at Groton, Apr. 15, 1819, 

JE. 95 yrs. 

And of his wife 

ELIZABETH PAINE, 

who died at Boston, Oct. 1804, JE. 66. 
Also in Memory of 

DAVID CHILD 

who died Oct. 1838, JE. 71. 
And of his wife 

Mrs. SUSANNA WOOLLEY, 

who died July 26, 185 1, JE. 77. 
And of their Daughter 

MARY PAINE CHILD, 

who died Aug. 29, 1825, JE. 18. 
Also in Memory of 

WILLIAM CHILD 

who died June 17, 1844, JE. 73. 

And of his wives 

rebecca Clark, 
who died Mar. 24, 1820, JE. 52. 

DORCAS THORNING, 

died Sept. 12, 1870, 
JE. 78. 



[East Side.] 

Mrs. Nancy 
Tattle, 

died Mar. 

3, 1873, 

JE. 78 yrs. 



I 82 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

Mrs. 

PHEBE CROUCH 

died 

Feb. 7, 1834, 

Aged 74 yrs. 

[ Wiltmu Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Mrs. Anna, 

wife of Mr. Samuel Rockwood 

who died 

May 3, 1834. 

JEt 54- 

The daughter of Abner and Abigail Houghton ; she was 

born April 4, 1781, at Winchester, New Hampshire. 

\Willow Tree and Urn.] 
In memory of 
Mr. 
WILLIAM BURGES, 
who died 
June 11, 1834, 
JEt. 38. 
Farezvcll my Partner, Children dear ; 
Weep not for me, dry up your tears ; 
And when the last loud trump shall sound, 
I hope in Christ we shall be found. 

[ Willoiu Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Mrs. MARY, 

70/fe of 

William Nutting Esq. 

who died 

June 16, 1834 : 

JEt. 76. 

Calm was her life, 

and her end was peace. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 183 

[Urn. Willow Tree. Urn.] 
MR. 

d 
JOHN LAWRENCE, 2 

died 

July 9, 1834, 

Mi. 59. 

MRS. MARGARET, 

his wife, 

died 

May 20, 1845, 

Mi. 67. 



[Urn. Willow Tree. Urn.] 

In memory of 

Mr. 

Jeduthun Stanley, 

who died Aug : 18, 

1834. Mi. 86. 

Also Mrs. DORCAS, 

his wife, died 

April 29, 1834, 

Mi. 87. 

Sleep on dear parents, thy rest is sweet, 
Thy pain is o'er, thy bliss complete ; 
Each soul is wash'd in Jesus' blood, 
Shall dwell forever with their God. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Mr. JOHN 

JOHNSON, 

who died 

Aug. ax, 1834, 

Mi. 72. 



184 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

REBECCA, 

Wife of 

JOHN BOIT, died 

Aug. 23, 1834, 

MX. 52. 

William Son of Joh?i 

&> Rebecca Boil, 

died Dec. 12, 1844, 

MX. 25 yrs. 

Though loved, and lost, to weep tvere vain, 
For thee who nier shall weep again. 

L. Parker [fecit.] 



[ Willow Tree.] 

Benjamin S. 

son of Solomon 6-» 

Dorcas Frost, 

died 
Sept. 5, 1834. 
Alt. 4 weeks. 



[ Willoiu Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Mr. 

jeremiah hemenway, 

who died 

Nov. 16, 1834, 

JEt. 52. 




iRECTEO- In »j£w # /j 



1 

■ 

. ■ . 









*S<^u,,.<M. " 



The Sheple Monument. 



s 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 185 

' 1835 

[West Side.] 

[Urn.] [A MONUMENT.] 

erected. In 7nemory of 
Mr. Oliver Shcple Jr. Printer, who 
departed this life Feb. 4, 1835. * n ^ e c *ty of Boston 
jF 1 25 ys. 5 mo. £r> 3 days, he had Just Commenced 
publishing in Boston a religious newspaper {the Christian 
witness) When it pleased God in his wise Providence 
to take him from us, he was born in west Florida 
now the State of Mississippi, Sept. 1, A.D. 1809. he 
left there and came to Groton, A. D. 18 15. Pans you- 
ng men and Reflect, here rests the body of a youn- 
g man cut off in the morning of life whose prosp- 
ects was good. Surrounded by friends, and belo- 
ved and esteemed for his high sence of honour 
and rectitude in all his dealings with his fel- 
low men, his gentle, manly deportment and 
urba?iity, of manners endeared him to all who 
knew him ; he was a lover and follower of the 
Saviour of the world and he died calling 
upon the name of the Lord, he has left a fond 
Father and brother to lament his early 
departure and much occasion have they 
to mourn the loss. 

[South Side.] 

SACRED 
To the Memory of 
Mrs. Hannah, wife of David Phelps M D 
of Connecticut who died June 1, 1833 
aet. 72. C2° whose body lies on this side of 
this Monument, she was mother in law to 
Oliver Sheple Esq. &* grandmother to Oli- 
ver Sheple Jr. &> Franklin & Washington 
Sheple, A.D. 18 10, her Father Mr. Itha- 
mar Andrews . died in west Florida 
now the State of Mississippi, aet. 84, in 
the same place, A. D. 181 1, her mother 
Mrs. Hannah Andrews, died aet. 72. 
A.D. 18 1 2, her dau*. Rossalixde Phelps, 
died aet. 26. who are buried in said State. 



I 86 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[North Side.} 
Bit lit by J. Fitch, Groton 1835. 

SACRED 

To the memory of 
Mrs. Atalanta, Consort of 
Oliver Sheple Esq. who departed this 
life and is buried in west Florida notv the 
State of Mississippi, Sept. 20, 1S14. aet. 22.. ys 
7 ms. 6° 16 days, and also in said place 
Franklin Sheple, son of said Oliver and 
Atalanta his wife, died July 30, 181 4, aet. 3 ys. 
4 mo. 6r 10 days. 

[East Side.} 
Genealogy of the Sheplcs from 1630 to 1835 
205 years. 
Genealogy of the Sheple or Shepley s . John Sheple, 
Settled in Salem Mass. A. D. 1630. A. D. 1660. One 
of the family Settled in Groton. A. D. 1676. the Indi- 
ans massacred all the Sheplcs in Groton save a John 
Sheple 16 years old who the carried captive to Can- 
ada and kept him 4 years, after which he return- 
ed to Groton and from him descended all the Sh- 
eplcs or Shepleys in this Vicinity, said Capt. 
John Sheple married Lydia Laki/i, and he 
had by her 4 sons & 1 dau 1 his son Joseph Shep- 
le Esq. married Eunice Parker, and he had by 
her 4 sons &= 3 dau* She died aug. 1767. aet. 
42 ys. He died Oct. 16. 1795- act. 74. years. Mr 
Wilder Sheple, son of Joseph, married Phebc 
Fletcher, and had by her 4 sons <&> 1 dau 1 he 
died apr. 2, 1814^'/. 60. she died aug. 27, 1826. 
aet. 62. Oliver Sheple Esq. son of Wider, was born aug. 
7, 1786. and married nov. 24, A.D. 1808. to Atalanta 
Phelps, dau 1 of Doct. David Phelps Counec' she was bo 
rn Feb. 4, 1792. and he had by her 3 sons viz Oliver 
Franklin 6° Washington, She died Sept. 20, 1814.^ 
22 ys. 7 ms. 6° 16 ds. Oliver Sheple Jr. born Sept. 1, 1S09 
died Feb. 4, AD. 1835. aei - 2 S )' s - 5 MS - & 3 d s ' Franklin She- 
ple born march 20 AD. 181 1, died July 30, 1814. aet. 3 ys. 
4 ms. i^ 10 ds. Washington Sheple, born Sept. 9, 18 13. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 187 

\Willow Tree and Urn.] 

Mrs. LUCY, 

ivife of 

Mr. Asa Lewis, 

DIED 

Sept. 29, 1835, 
JEt. 58. 
Our life how short ! again a sigh ; 
We live and then begin to die : 
Bat oh ! how great a mercy this, 
That death's a portal into bliss ! 
My soul 7 death swallows up thy fears, 
My grave clothes wipe away all tears ; 
Why should we fear this parting pain, 
Who die, that we may live again. 

[ Willow Tree and Um.\ 
LEVI HENRY, 

Son of 

Robe?-t (5n Deborah 

mellen, died 

Sep. 29, 1835, 

JEt. 20 mons. 

yes dear child I fondly lov'd the, 
And on the, will my memory dwell ; 
Shall I never 7/iore behold the, 
Must I, Oh ! must I say farewell. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 
In memory of 

CAPT. 
THOMAS BLOOD, 

who died 

Oct. 13, 1835 ; 

JEt. 59. 

Canst thou by faith, survey with joy ; 

The change before it comes 1 

And say, " let death this house destroy, 

1 have a heavenly home." 



l88 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[Monument. Willow Tree and Urn. Monument. 

LYDIA, 

Wife of 

NATHAN AMES, 

DIED 
Oct. 21, 1835, 

Ml. 71 



SALLY 

wife of 

Luther Hartwell, 

died 

Oct. 2i, 1835, 

M. 42. 



18*6 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 
In memory of 

MRS. MARY. 

wife of 

Mr. John S hep ley 

who died 

April 27, 1836; 

Mt. 88. 



[ Willow Tree and I 'ni. \ 

In memory of 

Mrs. SUSA, 

wife of 

Mr. John Johnson, 

who died 

Aug. 12, 1836, 

Mt. 69. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. I 89 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Lieut. 

Elnathan Sawtell, 

who died 

Aug. 31, 1836, 

Mt. 83. 

Dry up your tears surviving friends, 
Weep not for me but for your sins ; 
Die to the world live unto God, 
The grave will soon be your abode. 



[ Willow Tree and Um.\ 
SACRED 

to the memory of 

CAPT. 
STEPHEN SHEPLEY, 

Oct. 17, 1836, 
Aged 45. 



He married, April 9, 18 18, Amelia Shattuck. 



LUTHER DAVIS 
DIED 

DEC. 24, 1836 ; 

AGED 42. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn\ 

In memory of 

Mr. LEVI 

BURGESS, 

who died 

Feb. 24, 1837 ; 

Mt. 61. 



1837 



190 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Mr. 
James Sheple, 

who died 

Feb. 25, 1837, 

JEt. 86. 

Verses on tomb stones are but idly spent 
The character is the best monument. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.\ 
CHARLES HENRY, 

Son of Henry and 

Nancy Kimball, 

died March 21, 1837. 

JEt. 4 ys. & 6 ms. 

This lovely bud, so young and fair, 
Called hence by early doom, 
fust come to see how sweet a flower. 
In Paradise would bloom. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn. ] 

SARAH 

wife of 

Amos Bancroft M. D. 

died 

April 30, 1837, 

JEt. 69. 

The daughter of Henry and Faith (Savage) Bass, of Boston. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. I9I 



[Willow Tree.] 
SARAH FRANCES 
daughter of David 6- 
Sarah G. Colbum, 
died 
June 27, 1837 ; 
JEt. 9 ys. 3 ras. 
& 13 ds. 
Friends nor Physicians could not save, 
This little body from the grave; 
Nor can the grave confine it here, 
When Christ does call it to appear. 

[Willow Tree.] 
MARY ABBY, 

daughter of Henry 

and Abigail Hill, 

died 

Aug. 21, 1837, 

JEt. 1 yr. & 4 ms. 

[hers, 

Rest, sweet babe, in gentle slum 
Till the resurrection morn ; 
Then arise to join the numbers, 
Who its triumphs shall adorn. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 

Miss Phebe Ann 

Richardson, 

who died 

Oct. 5, 1837 j 

JEt. 26. 

' Tis religion that can give 
Sweetest pleasure while we live ; 
' Tis religion must supply 
Solid comfort when we die. 



192 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



1838 



[ Willow Tree and Urn\ 
WILLIAM H. 

died 

Mar. 17, 1838, 

JEt. 8 ms. & 8 ds. 

JOSEPH W. 

died 

Feb. 27, 1844, 

^Et. 22 months. 

So/is of George &* 

Jerusha Hunt. 

let 

These buds of promise left earth 's fading flow 
That they might beautify eelestial bowers, 
At heaven's glorious gate they've entered in, 
Unmarked by sorrow or unstained by sin. 

J. Park [fecit.] 



{Willow Tree.] 
LAURA JANE, 

daughter of Moses 
and Keziah Gill, 

died June 15, 
183S, Ait. 18 ms. 

Ere sin could bligh' s or sorrow fade, 
Death came with friendly care; 
Our little babe to Heaven conveyed, 
And bade it dwell forever there. 



I Will 070 Tire and Urn.\ 

MOSES DAY Jr. 

died 

July 30, 1838 

Ml. 37. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 193 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 
ELIZABETH, 

daughter of Aaron 

and Emely Pressey, 

died Feb. 12, 

1839. ^Et. 3 ms. 

& 21 ds. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 
WILLIAM W. 

Son of Warner S. 

& Mary F. Lund, 

died 

March 2, 1839 

s£t. 3 ms. &> 12 ds. 



[Monument. Willow Tree and Urn. Monument^ 

Dea. 

TIMOTHY STONE, 

died 

March 10, 1839, 

JEt. 68. 

If a man die, shall he live again ? 



1839 



184O 



[ WMot.v Tree and Urn.] 

Miss 

SARAH S. 

daughter of 

Capt. Aaron &> 

Mrs. Sarah Brown, 

died 

April 23, 1840, 

JEt. 24. 



194 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn\ 

Mrs. DORCAS, 

wife of Capt. 

Ebenezer Hopkins, 

died 

Sept. 23, 1840, 

JEt. 66. 

\Urn and Willcnv Tree.] 
In memory of 

SIMEON NUTTING, 

who died 

Oct. 10, 1840. 

Aged 39. 



184I 



[ Willoiu Tree and Monument^ 

miley, Wife of 

Abraham simonds, 

Died Feb. 9, 1841, 

Aged 59. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn\ 
MARY ANN, 

Daughter of Amos 

and Sarah Bancroft, 

died 

Feb. 26, 1841, 

^Et.31. 

[Monument. Willo7u Tree. Monument. 
SARAH, 
wife of 
Reuben Wyman, 

Died 

Mar. 29, 1841, 

JEx. 44. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 195 



[Willow Tree and Urn.] 

Mr. ABIJAH 
BENNETT, 

died 
July 24, 1841, 

ALL 55. 

Still he lives ! His form, though perished 

Lives within : 
There, his memory fondly cherished 

E'er hath been. 



MRS. SARAH, 

wife of 

Mr. Shadrach Bardeen, 

Died 

Oct. 18, 1841, 

Ml. 58- 

Her maiden name was Nutting. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

In memory of 
Mrs. SARAH J. 

wife of Mr. 

Daniel P. Jewett, 

who died 

Oct. 20, 1841, 

JEX. 23. 



196 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



I842 

[ Willow Tree and (7m.] 

Mrs. SARAH, 

wife of Mr. 
Thomas R. Pierce, 

died 

March 7, 1842, 

MX. 42. 

Died happy, and gone 

to rest. 

The daughter of John and Mary (Shedd) Burgess, born 
December, 28, 1799. Her husband, Thomas Rainsford, was the 
son of Elijah and Rebecca (Rainsford) Pierce, born April 9, 
1799 ; they were married April 1, 1824. Elijah was the son of 
Samuel and Lucy (Wallingsford) Pierce. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

Mr. 
JOSEPH SAWTELL 
died 
March 21, 1842, 
J£X. 78. 
Behold and see, as you pass by, 
As you are now, so once was I ; 
As I am noiv, so you must be, 
Prepare for death and follow me. 



[ Willoiv Tree and Urn.] 
GEORGE W. 

Sou of Levi &> 
Mima Burgess, 

DIED 

Oct. 23, 1842, 

^Et. 20 

Prepare to meet thy God. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 197 

PHINEAS NUTTING 
DIED 

Nov. 27, 1842, 
Aged 73. 



\Willow Tree.] 

JAMES 

DEMMORE, 

eldest Child of 

James &> 

Nancy Johnson, 

died 

Nov. 28, 1842, 

JEt. 7 weeks. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

Mr. 
ROBERT DOLDT, 

died 

Dec. 4, 1842, 

JEt. 42. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

Mrs. BETSY, 

wife of 

Mr. Joel Davis, 

died Jan. 26, 1843. 

JEt 58 

Return / 

Suppress the mournful sigh, 
For she is happy, no more to die. 



1843 



I98 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[ Willow Tree and I ' ni.\ 

Mr. SOLOMON 

FROST, 

died 

March 10, 1843, 
MX. 46. 



Mr. JOSEPH D. 
NUTTING, 

DIED 

March 28, 1843 ; 

MX. 56. 

Happy as mortal can be, 
because I have trusted in the Lord 
Jesus Christ for pardon and 
salvation." 



[ Willmv Tree and Urn. ] 
MRS. LUCY, 

wife of Mr. 

Samuel Rockwood, 

died 

April 15, 1843, 

MX. 54. 

The daughter of William and Rebecca (Ball) Weston, of 
Townsend, born March n, 1789. 



LEONARD FARR, 

DIED 

June 27, 1843, 

MX. 64. 

PERSIS, 

his wife 

died Sept. 27, 1857, 

Mt. 77 y ? rs 5 mo's. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 199 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.\ 

SACRED 

to the memory of 

Mrs. HARRIET 

AUGUSTA, 

wife of Mr. 

Henry K. Kemp, 

who died 

Aug. 17, 1843, 

Mt. 25. 

My flesh shall slumber in the ground, 
Till the last trumpets joyful sound ; 
Then burst the chains with sweet surprise 
And in my Saviour's image rise. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

Trances Loriett, 

Daughter of 

Milo and 

Elizabeth T. Russell, 

died 

Oct. 13, 1843, 

^Et. 3 mouths. 

Suffer little children to come unto 
me, for of such is the kingdom of hea 

[ven. 



MR 

SHADRACH BARDEEN 

DIED 

Dec. i, 1843, 
MX. 65. 



200 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



1844 



RACHEL, 

wife of 
James McLain, 

DIED 

Jan. 2, 1844. 

JEL 53. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn. ] 

Mrs. HANNAH, 

wife of 

Mr. Elisha Young, 

died 

Jan. 2, 1844, 

JEL 81. 

They die in jfesus and are blest : 
How kind their slumbers are : 
From sufferings and from sins released, 
And freed from every snare." 



Willmv Tree and Urn. 

ABRAHAM 
SIMONDS, 

died 

March 13, 1844, 

JEL 66 yrs. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 201 



[Urn. Willow Tree. Urn.] 

Mr. 

JAMES MOORS 

DIED 

March 26, 1844, 

JEt. 34. 

Mrs. MARY H. 

wife of Mr. 

James Moors, 

DIED 

March 22, 1847 

JEt. 32. 

The victory now is obtained ; 
They are gone their dear Savior to sec; 
Their wishes they fully have gained, 
17icy are now where they longed to be. 

Mrs. LUCINDA, 

wife of 

Mr. Joseph D. Nutting, 

DIED 

April 1, 1844; 

Mt. 57. 

In life, humble and devoted, 

In death, quiet and resigned, 

trusting in her Savior. 

The daughter of Jonathan and Hannah Keep, born 
September 14, 1787. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

Elizabeth 

Josephine, 

Daughter of 

Phinehas 6° 

Rachel Parker, 

died 

July 15, 1844, 

JEt. 2 ys. 6^ 7 ms. 



202 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn. ] 
SAMUEL W. WILSON 

drowned 

July 22, 1844, 

Aged 28 years 

and 6 months. 

Son of Samuel & Lucy 

Wilson, of Nelson, N. H. 

Death stalks abroad in varied shape, 
His fatal hand can none escape. 

He worked for Major Amos Farnsworth, and was drowned 
while fording: the Nashua River with a load of hay. 



[Willow Tree and Urn.] 
Mrs. AMELIA, 

wife of Capt. 
Stephen Shepley, 

died 

Aug. 20, 1844. 

iEt 52. 

Her maiden name was Shattuck; she was married April 9, 1818. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn .] 
BENJAMIN T. 

Son of 
William F. and 
Caroline Hewes, 

DIED 

AUG. 29, 1844, 

/EX. I YEAR 
4 MS. & 25 DS. 

7. Park [fecit.] 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 20 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 
MISS ALMIRA 

Daughter of 
William and 
Polly Kemp, 

DIED 

OCT. 10. 1844, 
JSX. 31. 

Blessed are the dead, who die in the Lord. 



[ Willotu Tree and Urn. ] 

Mrs. RUTH, 

wife of 
Oliver Blood, 

DIED 
Dec. 2, 1844, 

JEt. 70. 



184S 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

Mrs. ABIGAIL T. 

wife of 

George W. Weston, 

DIED 

Feb. 7, 1845, 

JEt. 40. 

The months of affliction are o'er u 
The days and the nights of distress ; 
We see her in anguish no more — 
She has found a happy release. 

The daughter of David and (Trull) Wilkins, of Amherst, 

New Hampshire. 



204 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[Willow Tree and Urn.] 
MARTHA, 

dau. of 

John A. and 

Susan M. Hunt 

died 

Sept. 7, 1845, 
JEt. 4 weeks. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

MARY 

ELIZABETH, 

Daughter of 

Milo and 

Elizabeth Russell, 

died 

Oct. 5, 1845, 

MX. 17 ys & 2 ms. 

Blessed are the dead, 
who die in the Lord. 

J. Park [fecit]. 



\ Willow Tree and Urn.] 
JOSIAH F. 

Son of George 6* 

Sarah Richardson, 

died 

Oct. 15, 1845, 

MX. 5 months. 

Softly, pcacefull, 
Lay him to rest ; 
Place the turf lightly 
O'er his young breast. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 20 = 

[ Willow Tree and dm.] 

Miss LUCY 
LAWRENCE 

DIED 

Dec. 12, 1845, 

JEt. 49. 



ABEL DAVIS 

Bom 
June 30, 1768; 

Died 
Jan. 30, 1846 

OLIVE 

Relict of Abel Davis 
Born Jan. 15, 1766 ; 
Died May 17, 1862; 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 
CASINDANA S. 

Daughter of 

Daniel JV. and 

Sophia Bardeen. 

DIED 

Feb. 26, 1846, 

Aged 13 ys. 4 ms. 

and 21 days. 

Mr. 

WILLIAM D. NUTTING 

DIED 

March 19, 1846, 
JEt. 26 yrs. 

Husband, thou art gone to rest ; 

And this shall be my prayer : 
That when I reach my journeys end ; 

Thy glory I may share. 



I846 



206 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

Mr. 

ASA LEWIS 

DIED 

June 10, 1846, 
JEt. 68. 

Our labours done, securely laid 

In this our last retreat, 

Unheeded o'er our silent dust 

The storms of life shall beat. 

The pains of death are past ; 

Labour and sorrow cease ; 

And life's long warfare closed at last 

His soul is found in peace. 



[ Will 07V Tree and Urn.] 

Miss 

MAHALA HUNT 

DIED 

July 11, 1846, 

^Et. 45- 

For death to her spirit was gain 
Since Christ was her life when below. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

JOHN HOLMES 

died 

Aug. 15, 1846, 

^Et. 67. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 207 



MARY M. 

Daughter of 

Leonard & Lydia 

FARWELL, 

DIED 

Dec. 6, 1847, 

JEt. 21 yrs. & 4 mos. 



1847 



1848 



Mrs. BETSEY SPALTER 

DIED 

May 10, 1848, 
Aged 76 years. 

She walked in the light of her 
Saviour 1 's countenance, and in his 
righteousness was she exalted. 
" She is not here, she has ascended to 
the bosom of her Father and her God" 

The daughter of Moses and Sarah Child, born November 2, 
1 77 1 ; she married, first, Timothy Spaulding, and, secondly, 
John Spalter. 



[ Willow Tree and Urnl\ 

LUCY, 
wife of Dea. 

Samuel Rockwood, 

died 

May 12, 1848, 

M\. 91. 

The daughter of Nathan and Mary Hubbard, born August 
20, 1757 ; she was married January 19, 1780. 



208 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



JOHN SHATTUCK 

Died 

May 20, 1848. 

yEt. 70. 

MARY, 

his wife 

died Nov. 7, 1852. 

JEt. 77. 

The son of Nathaniel and Eunice (Hazen) Shattuck, born 
March 22, 1778 ; his wife was a daughter of Thomas Bennett, 
born February 4, 1776. 



[Willow Tree and Urn.] 

Dr. AMOS BANCROFT 

DIED 

July 12, 1848, 

JEt. 81. 

The son of Edmund and Rachel H. (Barron) Bancroft, 
born May 23, 1767, at Pepperell ; he graduated at Harvard 
College in the class of 1791, and studied medicine with Dr. 
Oliver Prescott, Jr. He was knocked down by a wagon in 
State Street, Boston, and lived but a few hours afterward. 



[ Willow Tree and Um.\ 
ELIZABETH, 

wife of 

Timothy Blood, *Jr. 

died 

July 31, 1848, 

yEt. 40 vs. 7 ms. 

Behold and see as you pass by, 
As you are now so onee was I ; 
As I am now so you must be, 
Prepare for death and foil 070 me. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



209 



1849 



[ Willow Tree a?id Urn.] 

ABNER SHEPLEY 
DIED 

Mar. 20, 1849, 
Aged 63. 



Willcnu Tree and Urn.] 
OLIVER BLOOD 

died 

June 5, 1849, 

JEt. 74. 



[Willow Tree and Urn.] 
MARY HAZEN, 

died 

June 20, 1849; 

JEt. 23. 

Friends nor physicians could not save 
My mortal body from the grave ; 
Nor can the grave confine me here, 
When Christ the light doth appear. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

Mr. AARON LEWIS 

DIED 

Oct. 9, 1849, 

JEt. 63. 

The son of James and Lucy (Crosby) Lewis, born December 
n, 1786, at Billerica; he married, December 28, 1814, Sarah 
Spaulding. 



2IO GROTON EPITAPHS. 



IVillow Tree and Urn.] 
CHARLOTTE 

wife of 

Charles Gilson. 

{Formerly wife of 

David JVulling.) 

DIED 

Nov. 8, 1849, 
JEX. 61. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

JAMES BENNETT, 

died 

Nov. 20, 1849, 

JEt. 70 yrs. 



1850 



[ Willotv Tree and Urn.] 
EDETH, 

Wife of 

Jonathan Nutting, 

died 

July 28, 1850, 

JEX. 78. 



[ Willow Tree.] 
WILLIAM 

Son of James R. 6° 

Nancy A. Mc Daniel 

died 

Sept. 2, 1S50, 

^Et. 2 ys. 2 ms. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 211 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 
MARY JANE 

Moncrieff 

DIED 

Sept. 27, 1S50, 
Aged 49. 



1851 



[Monument. Willow Tree and Urn. Monument.] 

NATHAN AMES 

DIED 

Mar. 22, 1851, 
JEt. 87. 

[Willow Tree and Urn.] 
Mr. SAMUEL 
ROCKWOOD 

DIED 

May 10, 185 1, 

JEt. 69. 

The son of Samuel and Lucy (Hubbard) Rockwood, born 
November 19, 17S1 ; he married, November 19, i8t8, for his 
first wife, Anna Houghton, and March 12, 1840, for his second 
wife, Lucy Weston, of Townsend. 

BETSEY WYMAN, 

DIED 

June 21, 185 1, 
Aged 20 yrs. S mo. 

Farewell dear child 

Thy days on earth are over 

When the toiles of life are past 
May we meet with you at last. 



212 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



1852 



[Bo ok and Index I/and.'] 
MARTHA B. SMITH, 

died April 20, 1852, 
aged 65 y'rs. 

Jam the resurrection and the life ; 

he that bclieveth in me, though he were 

dead yet shall he live. 



[ Willow Tree.] 

MARET BURGESS 

DIED 

Sept. 9, 1852, 

JEt. 56 y'rs. 

& 6 m's. 



In memory of 

REV. 

WILLIAM GRAGG 

who died Nov. 19, 1852, 

JEt. 66. 

Also his wife 

MARY P. GRAGG 

who died Nov. 29, 1852 

JEt. 65. 

JYo terror on their brows was seen, 
Their minds were peaceful and serene, 
Their Saviour s smile dispelled the gloom, 
And smoothed their passage to the tomb. 

The son of Thomas and Eunice (Lakin) Gragg, born 
September 22, 1786, at Groton ; he married, January 29, 1833, 
Mary Pollard, of Bedford, and at one time was settled as a 
minister at Windham, Maine. He was a graduate of Harvard 
College in the class of 1820. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 21 3 

[Willow Tree and Urn.} 

Mrs. LUCY, 

wife of 
Mr. Joseph Sawtcll 
DIED 
Nov. 23, 1852, 
MX. 78. 
Friends nor physicians could not save 
This mortal body from the grave ; 
Nor can the grave confine it here 
Whe?i Christ doth call it to appear. 



[ Willtnv Tree and Urn.] 

Miss 

MARY CROUCH 

died 

June 10, 1853, 

Aged 60 yrs. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

NANCY A. 

wife of 

James R. McDaniel 

died 

Nov. 18, 1853, 

Ml. 30 ys. 7 ms. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

JOHN BOIT 
died Nov. 23, 1853 

Aged 86 y'rs. 

JOHN BOIT Jr. 

died June 16, 187 1, 

Aged 66 y'rs. 

God is love. 



1853 



214 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



1 854 



REBECCA SARAH, 

wife of 

Henry Archibald 

Died June 13, 1854 

JEt. 35 yrs. 

MARGARET AGNES 

Died Aug. 12, 1852, 

^Et. 6 yrs. 

HENRY ADAMS, 

Died Mar. 20, 

JEt. 3 mos. 

Children of Henry &> 

Rebecca S. Archibald. 



RICHARD BLOOD 
DIED 

Oct. 24, 1854, 
JEt. 58. 



Parted below 

o 

united above 

SUSAN M. 
wife of 
John A. Hunt, 
died Nov. 22, 1854, 
aged 29 y'rs. 
" Still her memory sweetly lingers, 
Still 7ue listen for her song; 
But no more that form shall greet us, 
Seated with the fireside throng. 
Weep not that the link is severed, 
Soon the chain will perfect be, 
And the hearts once more united, 
When the fettered soul is free." 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 215 



1855 



[West Side.] [A MONUMENT.] 

JONATHAN LORING 
DIED 

July 12, 1855, 

Alt. 82 yrs. 

MARY T. 

his wife 

died Oct. 23, 1865, 

Alt. 89 yrs. 



[South Side.] 
NEHEMIAH TROWBRIDGE 

Son of 

Rev. Caleb Trowbridge 

died Jan. 11, 1796, 

^Et. 73 yrs. 



[East Side.] 
ABIGAIL TROWBRIDGE 

wife of 

Nehemiah Trowbridge 

died Oct. 14, iSii, 

Alt. 78 yrs. 

Thrice happy shades, now freed from cares, 
Thy mortal frame at rest ; 
Secure from pain, from grief and fears, 
With kindred souls thou'rt blest. 

The date of Mrs. Trowbridge's death, as given on the east 
side of the monument, is wrong; she died in the year 1814. 
See page 144. 



2l6 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



1856 



i857 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

Mrs. MARTHA, 

wife of Asa Lewis, 

died 

Feb. 4, 1856, 

^Et. 70. 

The saints, who now in Jesus sleep, 
His own almighty power shall keep, 
Till dawns the bright illustrious day, 
When death itself shall die away. 
My soul, my body I will trust, 
With him who numbers every dust ; 
My Saviour faithfully will keep 
His own — their death, is but a sleep. 



FREDERICK ADAMS 

died Apr. 13, 1856, 
Aged 49. 

ELIZA, 

his wife 

died 1839, 

Aged 27. 

Farewell dear parents thou art 
gone to rest. 



AARON COREY 

DIED 

Mar. 15, 1857, 
^t. 73- 

The son of Nathan and Mary (Green) Corey; he married 
Elizabeth Bennett. During many years he was the driver of 
a stace-coach running between Boston and Groton. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 21 J 

MERRIC LEWIS 

Born July 25, 1795, 

Died April 23, 1857, 

JE. 6 1 ys. 9 ms. 

Under ncath this sod, rests, 
"An honest man, 
The noblest work of God." 

The son of James and Lucy (Crosby) Lewis, and a native 
of Billerica. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

Mr. 

BENJAMIN BANCROFT 

died 

Sept. 16, 1857, 

JEt. 69. 

The son of William and Agnes (Edes) Bancroft. 



FLORA M. 

dan. of H. L. &* 

Martha Stcbbins, 

died 

Jan. 24, 1858, 

JB.t. 6 frs. 2 Mos. 

Rest lovely child early blest, 
God called thee home he 
thought it best 



NOAH SHATTUCK 
DIED 1858. 
Aged S6 y'rs. 



1858 



2i8 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



1859 



Willow Tree and Urn.] 

ABIJAH 

NUTTING 

DIED 

July 16, 1859, 

JEt. 93. 



[Monument. Willow Tree and Urn. Monument \ 
LUCY, 

Wife of 

THOMAS DODGE, 
DIED 

Oct. 4, 1859, 
JEt. 82. 



Dr. AARON ANDREW, 
Died Dec. 12, 1859, 

Aged 68 yrs. 

MARY His Wife 

Died Nov. 18, 187 1, 

Aged 75 yrs. 

Also their Dan. 

MARY, 

Died Feb. 15, 1845, 

Aged 13 yrs. 

We have loved thee on Earth. 
May we meet thee in Heaven. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 219 

i860 
[West Side.] [A MONUMENT.] 

DICKSON 

WALTER DICKSON 

died 

Jan. 21, i860, 

^Et. 61. 

A Missionary in Palestine 

for five years. 

[North Side.] 
FRED. W. STEINBECK 

killed by Arabs 

in Jaffa, Palestine 

Jan. 12, 1858, 

JEt. 36. 

MARY E. 

his wife, 

daul of Walter & 

Sarah Dickson, 

died Dec. 10, 1867, 

JEt. 34. 

Walter Dickson was the son of Walter and Anna (Tufts) 
Dickson, and was born March 15, 1799, at Groton. His father 
removed to this town from Menotomy, since West Cambridge, 
and now Arlington. Walter, the son, was a farmer until 
October, 1853, when he left Groton to work as an independent 
missionary in Palestine. In January, 1858, Mr. Dickson's 
house at Jaffa was attacked by Arabs, and he himself severely 
wounded ; his son-in-law, Steinbeck, was killed at the same 
time. He came back to this country in the following September. 



ABIGAIL P. WOODS. 

Widow of 

JOSEPH WOODS. 

died May 8, i860, 
aged 67, yrs. 5, mos. 



220 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



SOPHIA, 

wife of 

PHINEAS NUTTING, 

DIED 

July 15, i860, 

Aged 77. 



[ Willoiu Tree and Urn.'] 
LOVINA P. 

wife of 

Robert M. Cooper, 

and daughter of 

Capt. Thomas and 

Lovina Farnsworth 

died Aug. 18, i860, 

^t. 35. 

ELIZABETH, 

Wife of 

AARON COREY, 

DIED 

Sept. II, i860, 

JEt. 77. 



1861 



EBEN'R. C. ARCHIBALD 

DIED 

Oct. 20. 1861. 

JEt. 22 yrs. 



1863 



[ Willmv Tree and Urn.] 

Nabby Stanley 

DIED 

Feb. 22, 1863, 

JEt. 83 ys. 8 ms. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 22 1 



THOMAS DODGE 
DIED 

March i, 1863, 
JEt. 81 y's 6 mo. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 
SARAH PIERCE, 

wife of 
Aaron Brown, 

died 

June 13, 1863, 

JEX. 77. 

A Mother i?i Israel. 

The daughter of Stephen and Abigail (Prescott) Pierce, 
born May 25, 1786. 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 
Josiah Edwin, 
Son of John & 
Martha Smith, 

died 

Aug. 3, 1863 ; 

Mt 19 ys. 

" So fades the lovely blooming flower " 



[ Urn. Willow Tree and Urn. Urn.] 

MARY HEMENWAY 

died 

Oct. 9, 1863, 

^Et. 75. 

Farewell, ye friends, whose tender care 
Has long engaged my love ; 
Your fond embrace I now exchange 
For better friends above. 



222 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

ANNA SHATTUCK 
DIED 1863. 
Aged 85 y'rs. 



1865 



1867 



[ Willow Tree and Urn. ] 
LYDIA 

wife of 

Ephraim Heald 

and Daugh. of Jacob 

and Mary Patch, 

Died March 27, 1865, 

Aged 83 ys. 2 vis. 



\Willow Tree and Urn. \ 

POLLY, 

wife of Capt. 

Thomas Blood, 

DIED 

Feb. 3, 1867, 
Ml. 82. 
Blessed are the dead 
which die in the Lord. 

[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 

AGNESS S. 

BANCROFT 

DIED 

Oct. 10, 1867, 

^Et. 84. 

The daughter of William and Agnes (Edes) Bancroft. 

LUTHER HARTWELL 
DIED 

Oct. 15, 1867, 
Aged 76 yrs. &> 9 ms. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 223 

MARY, 

wife of John Searles, 

formerly wife of 
Ebenezer L. Blood, 

DIED 

Nov. 9, 1867, 
Aged 83 yrs. 8 ms. 

FANNIE, 

wife of 
John M. E. Gilson 
Died Dec. 1, 1S67, 
JEt. 55 yrs. 6 ms. 
Francis, their son 
Died Oct. 29, 1849, 
^Et. 1 yr. 6 ms & 
18 ds. 



1869 



DIADAMA, 

Wife of Aaron Corey Jr. 

DIED 

Feb. 13, 1869, 
Aged 62 yrs. 



WILLIAM KEMP 
POLLY KEMP 

his wife 

died March 1, 1869, 

Aged 80. 

" Live, so as to meet me in Heaven" 

Polly was the daughter of Caleb and Elizabeth (Farns- 
worth) Blood; her husband, aged 88, is still alive. 



224 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



I87O 



ISAAC BULLARD 

DIED IN ACTON MASS. 

July 28, 1870, 

AGED 79 YRS. 9 MOS. 

He was for many years — say from 1817 to 1830 — the 
driver of one of the stage-coaches running between Boston and 
Groton. 

CLARISSA, 

wife of John Fletcher, 

DIED 

Aug. 8, 1870, 

Aged 60 y'rs. 4 ms. 

Gone to rest. 



1872 



SUSANNAH T. GEORGE 

DIED 

Nov. 10, 1872, 
JEt. 65 yrs. 3 weeks. 
My feet are wearied and my hands are tired - 

My soul oppressed ; 
And with desire have I long desired 
Rest — only Rest. 



1873 



LYDIA YOUNG 
DIED 

Jan. 23, 1873, 

Aged 72 y'rs, 

& 10 mo's. 

" Blessed are the dead that die 

in the Lord." 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



225 



[ Willow Tree and Urn.] 
MIRANDA 

wife of 

MARET BURGESS, 

Died Jan. 26, 1874, 
s£t. 74 yrs. 8 ms. 



1874 



LYDIA W. 

wife of 

RICHARD BLOOD, 

died 

March 26, 1875, 

ALL 77. 



1875 



JAMES H. BURGESS 
Died 

May 10, 1875, 
^Et. 69. 

Stop, stop, young friends as you pass by, 
As you are now so once was I ; 
As I am now so you must be, 
Prepare for Death and follow me. 



1877 



NANCY LAWTON, 
widow of 

LUTHER DAVIS, 

died 

May 2, 1877, 

Aged 82 yrs. 2 mos. 

& 17 ds. 



TOMBS. 



HPHE earliest reference in the town records to any tombs is 
found in the warrant for the meeting held April 6, 1807, 
and is as follows : — 

"ARTICLE 3. 
"3. To grant license if the town see cause, unto Hon. James 
Prescott Esq. Oliver Prescott James Brazer Samuel Lawrence and 
Thomas Gardner Esq" and Rev. Daniel Chaplin to erect and build 
tombs, family Vaults, or depositories of such dimensions, and of 
such construction, and in such manner as they, or either of them 
shall determine, with the priviledges sacred to the sanctuary of the 
Dead, at the Southeasterly corner of the common burial ground, or 
grave yard in Groton, where former graves, vaults, or depositories 
will not be disturbed." 

The subject was duly considered at the meeting, when it was 

" Voted to grant the license prayed for, by Hon. James Prescott 

Esq. & others, in the third Article, provided, that not more than ten 

feet square in the clear, be improved by any one of the petitioners, for 

the purposes mentioned in this Article." 

In the warrant for the town meeting, held May 4, 1807, the 
third article is 

" To see if they will grant license to Walter Dickson, to erect & 
build a tomb, under similar restrictions & with like priviledges as they 
voted at April meeting in favor of the Hon. James Prescott Esq. & 
others." 

The meeting was duly held, when it was 

" Voted that be granted Walter Dickson to erect & build a tomb 
&c. as requested." 



228 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



A few years later — May 4, 18 12 — the town 

" Voted that Ezra & Abel Farnsworth have leave to build a tomb 
in the public burying ground for their family use, provided they 
do not interfere with appropriated ground, under the inspection of the 
Selectmen." 

These tombs, however, do not appear to have been built till 
the year 18 18, which date they all bear. They have recently 
been filled up, and hereafter are to be discontinued as places of 
burial. The representatives of the original owners, for the most 
part, have lots in the new cemetery. The following is a list of 
the names, cut in the granite facings of the tombs : — 

JAMES PRESCOTT 

1818. 



LUTHER LAWRENCE. 

1818. 

[This stone within a few years has been taken away. 



REV. 

DANIEL CHAPLIN 
1818. 



WALTER DICKSON 
1818 



STUART J. PARK 

1S18 



EZRA AND 
ABEL FARNSWORTH 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 229 

JAMES BRAZER 

AND 

CALEB BUTLER 

1818 

In the year 1822, ten or twelve tombs were built on the north 
side of the Burying Ground, although no mention is made in the 
town records of any vote on the subject. During a few subse- 
quent years, other tombs were built, most of them by Joseph 
Blood, a stone mason, although no special permission — except 
in a very few instances — was given by the town. At the meet- 
ing held in March, 1832, the whole subject relating to tombs 
was placed under the control of the selectmen. It has remained 
in their hands ever since, although no new tomb has been con- 
structed for a long time. When the wall around the ground was 
relaid in the year 1872, these tombs, with a few exceptions, were 
filled up, and no further interments are to be made in them. 
Such as were not filled up, are indicated by an asterisk [&] in 
the margin. 

Beginning at the north-west corner, near the Baptist Church, 
the following is a list, in regular order, of the names cut in the 
stone facings : — 

J. POLLARD. 
Wd. S. LAWRENCE. 



N. MUNROE. 



ISAIAH HALL &. 
DAVID FLETCHER. 

1822, 



23O GROTON EPITAPHS. 

J. F. HALL 

AND 
B. MOORS. 



* W. LIVERMORE 

& B. AMES. 

1S22. 



* J. L. & I. PARKER. 

1S22. 



JAMES FARNSWORTH. 

1822. 



ZECHARIAH FITCH. 

1822. 



A. LEWIS, 

1822. 



J. BLOOD 
& CAPELL, 

1822. 



G. BRIGHAM, 
& J. PEABODY, 

1822. 



S. O. ROW, 
1822. 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 23I 



D. & W. CHILD 

1825. 



SAMUEL HARTWELL 

& 
JEREMIAH KILBURN, 

1825. 



SAMSON 

WOODS, 

1825. 



N. TARBELL, 
1825. 



P. GRAVES, 

1826. 



JESSE PARKER, 
1826. 



JACOB WILLIAMS, * 

1828. 



JONAS & 
JOSHUA EATON, 

1828. 



232 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

C. CHILD & 
K. DANFORTH. 



JOSIAH CLARK 

1828. 



E. NUTTING. 

1828. 



DANIEL SHATTUCK. 
1830 



J. &. L & J. GILLSON 

183 1 



ASA LAWRENCE 
1832 



OLIVER GRAGG, 
1832. 



J. H. & J. LORING, 
1832. 



LEVI. STONE. 
1832 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 233 

ABEL TARBELL'S TOMB. # 

ABEL TARBELL 

Died Oct. 19, i860, JEt. 86 ys. 1 mo. 24 ds. 

Pamela Tarbell, wife of 

ABEL TARBELL 

Died Aug. 27, 1849. ^Et. 66 

Abel Harkness Tarbell 
Died June 18, 1835, ^ fc - J 9- 



CALVIN. HUBBARD 
ABEL. HARTWELL 

1832. 



Samuel Dana s Tomb. # 

SAMUEL DANA, died Nov. 20, 1835 ; 7E. 68. 
REBECCA, his wife, died May 11, 1834; 2E. 54. 
CHARLES, their Son, was drowned July 31, 
18 19 ; 7E. 20 ys. GEORGE, their Son, died 
April 12. 1804; 2E. 1 yr. & 6 ms. 



N. SAWTELL. 6- 

A. STONE. 

1836. 



J. FITCH & L. PARKER'S 
TOMB 1836. 



J. BROWN, & 

A. H. WILDER 

1837 



SAMUEL PIERCE. # 

1837 



234 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



J. A. BLOOD. 
J. M9GILSON. 



* The Family Tomb of WILLIAM PARKER. 

WILLIAM PARKER, died Jan. 9, 1833, aged 71. 
HENRY PARKER, died May 1824, aged 36. 
JANE PARKER, drowned Sept. 13, 1826, aged 26. 
LOUISA GAGE, died Sept. 12, 1838, aged 34. 
ADDISON PARKER, died March 4, 1839, aged 29. 
DR. AARON ANDREW, died Dec. 12, 1859, aged 68. 
DAVID A. PATCH, died Sept. 25, 1839, aged 57. 
SUSANNAH, his wife, died June 9, 1865, aged 80 y. 9 m. 



J. HOAR. 
1839. 



EDMUND TARBELL. 



J. A. FULLICK. 
D. BROOKS. 



# 



F. A. BLOOD 



* 



SILVESTER 
JACOBS TOMB 

1839. 



ASA TARBELL. 
B. RUSSELL. 



T. BLOOD. 
}. SAWTELL. 



APPENDIX. 



DURING many years Groton was a frontier town, situated 
relatively a long distance from Boston. At that period there 
were but few settlements in the colony, and the younger generations 
were wont to live near the home of their childhood. The popula- 
tion of the town, through the first century of its existence, was 
made up largely of the descendants of its founders and early set- 
tlers. In this Appendix, I purpose to give a short account of 
some of the families living here during that time, including a brief 
notice of the petitioners for the plantation of Groton, and of a few 
other persons connected with the history of the town. It will be 
seen that a considerable number of them came from Watertown 
and Lynn. 

3UaitC£0ft. Benjamin Bancroft, the son of Thomas, of Read- 
ing, is the ancestor of the families of this name, living in Groton 
and its vicinity. He married Anna, daughter of John and Anna 
(Tarbell) Lawrence, of Lexington, and had nine children. He 
lived for a while at Charlestown, but afterward, about the year 
1728, removed to Groton, where he died July 21, 1787, aged 86 
years, and his widow also, April 3, 1790, aged 87 years. He 
was a tanner by trade, and lived a short distance south of the Uni- 
tarian Church, on the east side of the Great Road. His tannery 
was on the opposite side of the way. The stone powder magazine, 
used by the State during the Revolution, was situated on his land. 

Benjamin, the eldest child, followed the'occupation of his father, 
and lived on the old homestead. He was town treasurer and a dea- 
con of the church, besides holding other positions of trust. He 



. 



236 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

married Alice, daughter of William and Mary (Farnsworth) Tar- 
bell, and had eight children. His wife died November 29, 1781, 
aged 51 years, and he died October 27, 1804, aged 80 years. 

Edmund, the second child, removed to that part of Groton, now 
Pepperell, where he carried on farming. He was town treasurer of 
Pepperell for twenty years, and a representative in the General 
Court. He married, December 30, 1747, for his first wife, Elizabeth 
Atherton, of Harvard, who died October 6, 1755, and he married, 
in the year 1758, for his second wife, Mrs. Rachel (Howard) Bar- 
ron, widow of Jonathan Barron and daughter of Samuel Howard, of 
Chelmsford. She died June 3, 1784, aged 54 years, and he mar- 
ried, for the third time, Mrs. Phebe (Lawrence) Bancroft, widow of 
Jonathan Bancroft, of Salem, and daughter of Colonel William and 
Susanna (Prescott) Lawrence, of Groton. Edmund died October 
25, 1806, aged 79 years, and his widow, November 21, 1808, aged 
74 years. He had four children by his first marriage, and eight by 
his second. Dr. Amos Bancroft, a graduate of Harvard College in 
the class of 1791, and for many years a distinguished physician of 
Groton, was a son of the second wife. 

Deacon Benjamin and Edmund were the only sons of Benjamin 
Bancroft who grew up to manhood. 

JStTlTOlt. Two brothers of this name, sons of Ellis and 
[Grace ?] Barron, of Watertown, were original proprietors of Gro- 
ton ; Ellis, the elder brother, owning a fifteen-acre right, and John, 
the other, a seven-acre right. Ellis married Hannah, widow of 
Timothy Hawkins, of Watertown, and had several children, before 
coming to Groton, where others were born. John also had a 
family, but now for a long time there has been no representative of 
the name in the town. Elias Barron, of Groton, was in Captain 
Lovewell's fight, May 8, 1725, at Pigwacket, where he was wounded 
and afterward lost. The sum of .£30 was allowed his family, by 
the General Court, June 17, 1725 ; and according to the record in 
the printed "Journal," of December 21, 1726, it appears that his 
widow's name was Priscilla. 

Samuel Barron left a small bequest to the town, which still keeps 
his name in grateful remembrance. The following is an extract 
from his will, dated February 5, 1753 : — 

"My Will and plesuer is that the first Church of Christ in Groton should 
have sum thing oute of my Estate for the poore of saied Church and I do hereby 



APPENDIX. 237 



Give fo the saied Church the sum of thirteen pounds five shillings and four 
pence Lawfull money to be paied to the saied Church oute of my Estate by my 
Executer within one year next after my decease to be Lett oute to Interest by 
the saied Church and the Interest to be approprated for the Bennefit of the 
poore of saied Church as the Church shall order but the princaple never to be 
demineshed." 

iJIOOtf. Three of the petitioners for the plantation of Groton, 
viz., Richard, John, and Robert, bore this name, and all three were 
sons of James and Ellen Blood, of Concord. Another brother, 
James, was an early proprietor of the town. Richard was the only 
one of these brothers that lived in Groton, and he is the ancestor 
of most of the name in this neighborhood. He was the largest 
proprietor in the town, owning a sixty-acre right, and was one of 
the first board of selectmen chosen by the inhabitants, and also 

town clerk in the year 1668. He married Isabel , and had 

Mary, who died April 19, 1662 ; James, who was killed by the 
Indians, September 13, 1692; Nathaniel, who married, June 13, 
1670, Hannah, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Long) Parker ; 
Elizabeth, who married, December 1, 1686, Thomas Tarbell, the 
third of the name in Groton ; and Joseph, who was an original 
proprietor of the town. Richard, the father, lived in the district 
called "Nod," and died December 7, 1683. 

23tttf]je» The name of London Bridge will have more interest 
for the inhabitants of Groton, when it is known that he was a resi- 
dent of the town, and that he remembered it in his will. This 
instrument, bearing date May 23, 1775, is on file in the Middlesex 
Probate Office at East Cambridge, and was presented for probate, 
January 25, 1776. The following are extracts from it: — 

" I do hereby give and Bequeath the s? sum of Thirteen pounds six shil- 
lings and eight pence to the Church of Christ in Groton afores d . the Interest of 
which Sum is to be annually given to the poor of s d . Chh. at the Discretion of 
their Com'," ." . . . 

He then makes provision for the payment of his debts and a 
small bequest to Captain Henry Farwell, and adds : — 

"and if that should not be sufficient for those purposes my will is that my 
Executor take so much out of the above given to the Chh. as to Defray the 
Charges Aboves"? and the Remainder be applyed by the Chh. in manner 
as Aboves. 4 for their poor." 



138 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



(&00JJPC* Timothy Cooper was one of the original petitioners 
for the plantation of Groton, and his name appears in the first list 
of selectmen, appointed by the General Court. He married 
Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Hester (Pierce) Morse, of Water- 
town, and had four children. In the inventory of his estate, on file 
in the Middlesex Probate Office at East Cambridge, it is recorded 
that he was " Sleaine by the Indeins the Second day of march 
1675-6." This is the date of the first attack on the town in King 
Philip's War. 

23ai)l8. Dolor Davis was a petitioner for the plantation of 
Groton, and one of the first board of selectmen appointed by the 
General Court. He came to this country from England, about the 
year 1640, and lived for a while at Barnstable. He is the ancestor 
of many of the name now living in Middlesex and Worcester coun- 
ties. He married Margery, sister of Major Simon Willard, and at 
one time was a resident of Concord. He probably lived here but a 
short time ; he died at Barnstable in the year 1673. 

jFantStDOrti)* Matthias Farnsworth, the progenitor of the 
numerous families in Groton bearing this name, came from Lynn. 
He was an original proprietor of the town, and owned a twenty-acre 
right. His farm was situated on both sides of the road leading to 
Harvard, a little south of James's brook, more than a mile from the 
village. He was living at Lynn in the year 1657, and at Groton in 
1664, though he may have been a resident of each place earlier than 
these respective dates. He died in the latter part of the year 1689, 
aged 77 years. The following is a copy of his will, on file in the 
Middlesex Probate Office at East Cambridge : — 

Groton Jcnewarey 15 th : 16SS-9 and in the 4 yere of the Rain of King Jams 
the sacond I mathyas farnworth sen of groton in the county of midlsix in new 
ingland aged about 77 yers being wall considrat and of sound and parfit Judg- 
ment and understanding thanks be to god for it I being sensabl of my many 
frailtyes & unsartanty of my natueral lif and knowing what disadua.ntag many 
times hapens for want of a Right sating the hous in order being desiras to 
ackt and satl things that consarns me doe mak conshans and doe daclare this 
prasant instrement to be my last will & tastement in manar and form as foloweth 
making uoyd all formar wills ather by word or dead but first I Commit my soul 
to all myty god my Creater hoping I shal Rasaue full pardon of all my sins 
throw Jasus Christ and I commit my bodey to the earth from whans it was 
taken to be beured in such deasant manar as my exsecters shall see meet and 



APPENDIX. 239 



first to the distrebiting my eastat I doe giue to my beloued wif so long as she 
Hues a widow won third of my whol astat and the moueabls within the hous I 
doe laue to hur to daspose as shee pleases and sacondly I doe giue to my 
son mathyas farnworth for his full porshan that fiue akker Right which his 
deed spasefyes and a peese of madow called by the name of half moon madow 
and twanty akekers of land lying neer a plase called by the nam of Prascots 
olde mill and this to be counted to be his full porshan unlass he meets with 
malistation by any ralations of his and if so then I will and giue to my son 
mathyas my horn stall that I now dwall upon with hous & barn and that horn 
stall that my son mathyas now Hues on to Raturn in seed thare of 

and thirdly I giue to my son John farnworth that fiue akar Right that his 
deed spasefyes and tan shilins more to be Payed of the astat for his full 
porshan 

fourthly I giue to my son bangeman farnworth that part of my land lying on 
the out sid of my horn stall fans at the lower end of the lot and twanty ake- 
kers at the plas neer prescotts old mill and six akkers of madow lying at south 
madow and this for his porshan 

fiftly for my son samewall & Jonathan farnworth I doe giue the Rast 
of my land and madow that is undasposed on lying at the old mill for thare 
porshan 

and I giue my daughter Robison won cow and to my daughter thacher I giue 
twenty shilins and to my daughter Stoon won cow and twanty shilins and to my 
daughter abigall farnworth twalue pound for her porshan and as to the Rast 
of my eastat undasposed of I leaue in the hand of my exsectters to daspose of 
to my wif or children as thay think to be most Rason I mak Chois of my son 
mathyas farnworth with nathanil lawrins san & Jonas prescott for exsackters 
this taken from his own mouth syned and sealed in the prasants of us 

his 

mathyas M farnworth sen 

mark 

nathannil lawrance 
Jonas Prescott 

his 

Nicklas (/) huchins 

mark 

also I giue my loam & tacklins for waring to my son mathyas farnworth 

X br - 17. 16S9 Charlestowne 

Nathan" Larrance & Jonas Prescott appearing in Court made oath yt they 
were p r sent when Mathias ffarnworth Deced signed sealed and published this 
as his last will & Testament, and y' he was of sound judgment and of dispose- 
ing minde when he did y e same and yt they sett theire hands there to as 
witnesses w th Nicolas Hutchins 

as att. Sam 11 - Phipps Cler 

His wife's name was Mary, and they had ten children. The list 
of them given below is compiled from different sources. It is 
probable that his " daughter Robison " was the wife of James 
Robertson, or Robinson ; and in that case, her name was Eliza- 



240 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

beth, and probably she was born in England. James Robertson, an 
original proprietor of the town, married his wife, January 16, 1667, 
and she died December 22, 1729, aged 82 years. I am not sure 
about the order of the births of his children, but I suggest the fol- 
lowing : Elizabeth [?], who probably married James Robertson ; 
Joseph, born November 17, 1657, at Lynn, and died February 20, 
1686-7 j Mary, born October 11, 1660, at Lynn, and married, April 
11, 1676, Samuel Thatcher, of Watertown ; Matthias, born at 
Groton ; John, who married, December 8, 16S6, Hannah, daughter 
of John and Sarah (Eliot) Aldis, of Dedham, and had nine chil- 
dren ; Benjamin, who married Mary, daughter of Jonas and Mary 
(Loker) Prescott, and had ten children ; Samuel, who married, 
December 12, 1706, widow Mary (Whitcomb) Willard, and had 
three children; Abigail, born January 17, 1671, and probably 
married John Hutchins, of Groton ; Sarah [?], who perhaps mar- 
ried Simon Stone ; and Jonathan, born June 1, 1675, married 
Ruth , and had fourteen children. 

John, one of the sons named above, was an influential man in 
all town affairs. He was an ensign in the militia, a selectman, a 
representative to the General Court from the year 1708 to 17 14 
inclusive, excepting 17 11, and a deacon in the church. In the 
autumn of 17 11, he was in command of one of the eighteen gar- 
risons in the town. The name of Matthias Farnsworth, of Groton, 
appears in a list of prisoners in the hands of the French and 
Indians in Canada, March 5, 1710-11, though there is nothing in 
the record to show when he was captured. He was probably the 
son of Matthias, Jr., and, if so, he was a young man about twenty 
years old at the date of the list. 

The first settlement of Charlestown, New Hampshire, — then 
known as Number 4, — was made in the year 1740, by three 
brothers, Samuel, David, and Stephen Farnsworth, natives of 
Groton. They all became leading men in the town, and dis- 
tinguished themselves on several occasions in fights with the 
Indians. Samuel Farnsworth, the eldest brother, was killed in 
a skirmish, May 2, 1746 ; David was taken prisoner by a party 
of Indians, April 20, 1757, and carried to Canada. He managed 
to escape, and reached home, probably soon after his capture. 
Stephen, the youngest brother, also had his bitter experience with 
the savages. He was captured April 19, 1746, and taken to 
Montreal, where he remained seventeen months, when he was 



APPENDIX. 24I 



exchanged. His health was so broken down by the hardships of 
his captivity that he never fully regained it. He died September 
6, 177 1, leaving behind him the example of a brave man and a 
useful citizen. 

jfatTtlttjton. Matthew Farrington was one of the petitioners 
for the plantation of Groton, and a member of the first board of 
selectmen appointed by the General Court. He was a son of 
Edmund Farrington, of Lynn, and was born in England. 

(JSrtlSOIT. Joseph Gilson was one of the original proprietors of 
the town, and owned a nine-acre right. He married, November 18, 
1660, Mary Caper, at Chelmsford, and removed from that town to 
Groton before March 5, 1665-6. He died in the summer of 1676, 
at Concord, where he went, probably, when Groton was deserted by 
its inhabitants. An inventory of his estate is on file in the Middle- 
sex Probate Office at East Cambridge. He left five children, viz., 
Mary, born November 17, 1662, at Chelmsford ; Timothy ; Joseph, 
born March 8, 1666-7, at Groton, married twice, and had five 
children by each wife ; Sarah, born June 25, 1669, at Groton ; and 

John, born April 23, 1674, at Groton, married Sarah , and 

had five children. Both Joseph and John lived and died at 
Groton, and John's widow married, May 17, 1709, for her second 
husband, Richard Warner, by whom she had four children. Joseph 
Gilson, a grandson of the original proprietor, was one of the seven 
Groton men with Captain Lovewell in his fight at Pigwacket, and 
the only one of the seven who escaped unhurt. One Joseph Gilson 
of Groton, presented a petition to the General Court, June 11, 
1760, "representing his Services and Sufferings, for his Country 
praying a Compensation." 

P|tlt)0lt. Richard Haven was one of the petitioners for the 
plantation of Groton. He was living in Lynn as early as the year 
1645, and is said to have come from the west of England. His 
will was proved June 14, 1703. 

P^tlUKlCD. Thomas Hinckley, one of the selectmen first 
appointed by the General Court, was probably a son of Samuel 
Hinckley, of Scituate, and afterward of Barnstable. If this sup- 



3 



242 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



position be correct, he was the Governor of Plymouth Colony from 
the year 1681 to 1692. 

DLcliUU. William Lakin, the ancestor of the numerous families 
of this name that have lived at Groton, died December 10, 1672, at 
the advanced age of 90 or 91 years. He was born in England, and 
came to this country with his daughter-in-law and her two sons, 
William and John Lakin. Mr. Butler, in his excellent " History," 
(page 273), says that the family came from Redington, but as 
there is no such place in England, perhaps the parish of Ridling- 
ton is meant. They early settled at Reading, where the name was 
sometimes spelled Laukin. The two brothers were original pro- 
prietors of Groton, each owning a twenty-acre right. 

William Lakin married Lydia, daughter of Abraham Brown, of 
Watertown, and had Lydia, born 1650; Mary, born 1652 ; William, 
born May 6, 1655 ; John, born January 3, 165S ; Jonathan, born 
June 28, 1661 ; Abraham, born January 10, 1664 ; William, born 
May, 1665; Abraham, born September 11, 1667; and Eliab, 
born January S, 1669. The first five were born at Reading, and the 
others at Groton. 

John Lakin married Mary , and had the following chil- 
dren, born at Groton, on the dates set against their respective 
names: Sarah, February 4, 1661-2 ; William, May 12, 1664; Abi- 
gail, March 13, 1666-7; J ose P n > April 14, 1670; Benjamin, 
November 6, 1672; and Josiah, September 14, 1675. 

William Lakin was appointed October 15, 1673, Lieutenant of 
the military company of the town, and his brother John was con- 
firmed by the Governor and Council, July 13, 16S9, as Ensign of 
the same company, though they may have acted as officers before 
these dates. 

The murderous assault made by the Indians on the town, July 
27, 1694, was begun at the house of Lieutenant William Lakin, who 
lived somewhere in the neighborhood of Chicopee Row. Isaac 
Lakin, a grandson of William, was wounded in Lovewell's fight 
with the Indians. 

The following entry is found in the printed "Journal" of the 
Massachusetts House of Representatives, for January 10. 1760: — 

"A Petition of Oliver Laken of Groton, in the County of Middlesex, shewing, 
that he was a Soldier in the Pay of the Province Anno r 7 5S, and was on the 20th 
Day of July the same War, Captivated by the Indian Enemy, suffered many & 



APPENDIX. 243 



great Hardships, and was obliged to borrow a Sum of Money to purchase his 
Freedom from Captivity ; he therefore prays he may be allowed the Sum 
of Money he borrowed ; also the Charges of his Passage home, and a further 
Allowance for his Loss of Time and Sufferings &c " 

The answer to this petition is found in the proceedings of Janu- 
ary 12, and is as follows : — 

" The Committee appointed to consider the Petition of Oliver Lakin, Re- 
ported thereon. 

" Read and accepted in Part, viz. Resolved. That the Sum of eight Pounds, be 
allowed and paid out of the public Treasury to William Lawrence, Esq ; for 
the Use of the Petitioner, in full Consideration for his Services and Sufferings 
therein mentioned. 

"Sent up for Concurrence." 

The petitioner was a son of William and Miriam Lakin, and a 
great-grandson of Ensign John Lakin. 

ULtlb) rCltCC. The ancestor of this numerous family was John 
Lawrence, who was born at Wisset, England, where he was bap- 
tized October 8, 1609. He married Elizabeth , and had 

thirteen children, all with one exception born at Watertown, where 
he settled on coming to this country. His daughter Elizabeth was 
born in Boston. The date and the place of his marriage are not 
known. He was an original proprietor of Groton, owning a twenty- 
acre right ; two of his sons were also original proprietors, Nathaniel 
having a ten-acre right, and Joseph a five-acre right. His house 
and land at Watertown were sold about the year 1662, and in the 
same year the name is found in the Groton records. John's wife, 
Elizabeth, died August 29, 1663, at Groton, and he married, 
November 2, 1664, for his second wife, Susanna, daughter of Wil- 
liam Batchelder, of Charlestown, by whom he had two daughters. 
John died here July 11, 1667, and his widow, July 8, 1668, at 
Charlestown. His second son, Nathaniel, is represented in this 
neighborhood at the present time by numerous descendants. He 
held various offices in the church and town, and was one of the 
first representatives to the General Court, under the charter of 
William and Mary, in the year 1693. He married, first, March 13, 
1660-1, Sarah, daughter of John and Hannah Morse, of Ded- 
ham, and lived for a while at Sudbury, before coming to Groton. 
His wife died August 29, 16S3, and he married, secondly, Han- 
nah . In advanced life he removed to that part of Cam- 



244 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

bridge now Lexington, where one of his sons was living, and 
here he died March 12, 1746, leaving a large family. Subsequently 
three of his grandchildren, Thomas, William, and Amos, came 
from Lexington to Groton to live. Two other of John's sons, 
Peleg and Enosh, lived at Groton, and had families. Enosh was 
wounded by the Indians, probably in the attack of July 27, 1694. 
He afterward represented in a petition to the Governor and Coun- 
cil that he was a very poor man by reason of wounds received in 
his hands, which almost wholly disabled him from earning a liveli- 
hood for himself and family. In consequence of these representa- 
tions, he was allowed exemption from taxes, October 17, 1702, and 
an annual pension of three pounds during life. The name Enosh 
is a variation from Enos, and not from Enoch, with which it is fre- 
quently confounded. This will be seen by consulting the Geneva 
version of the Bible, long used in preference to King James's ver- 
sion, by the New England men, and out of which Enosh Lawrence 
was undoubtedly named. In this, " Enosh " will be found where 
the authorized version has "Enos," in Genesis v. 6, 7, 9-1 1. 

ILOHfllCJ}. William Longley was among the earliest settlers of 
the town, and was the owner of a thirty-acre right. He was the 
son of Richard Longley, of Lynn, where in the town records the 
name is sometimes spelled Langley. He had been one of the se- 
lectmen of Lynn, and was clerk of the writs in the year 1655. He 
removed, about the year 1660, to Groton, where he was one of the 
selectmen in the year 1665, and town clerk in 1666. He died 
November 29, 1680, leaving a will dated six clays before his death. 
His widow, Joanna, afterward married Benjamin Crispe, whom 
she survived ; she died at Charlestown in the year 1698. The 
following is a list of his children, though probably not in the order 

of their birth : John, born about 1640, married Hannah , 

and had several children ; Elizabeth, married, September 7, 1669, 
James Blood, and died about 1677, leaving two daughters, Mary 
and Elizabeth, who married brothers named Shattuck ; Anna, or 
Hannah, who married, June 30, 1666, Thomas Tarbell, Jr., and 
had several children ; Mary, who married Samuel Leaman, prob- 
ably of Charlestown ; Sarah, born October 15, 1660, married, June 
17, 1679, Thomas Rand, of Charlestown; Lydia, who married 
James Nutting, and had six children ; and William, who married, 
May 15, 1673, Lydia . He was town clerk in the year 1687, 



APPENDIX. 245 



and from 1692 till his death in 1694. William lived on the east 
side of the Hollis road, about a mile from the village. A melan- 
choly interest is connected with the site, as it was here that he and 
his wife, with five children, were massacred by the Indians in their 
assault on the town, July 27, 1694. Three more of their children, 
Lydia, John, and Betty, were carried off by the savages, and taken 
to Canada. Lydia was sold to the French, and placed in the Con- 
gregation of Notre Dame, a convent in Montreal, where she 
embraced the Roman Catholic faith, and died July 20, 1758, at the 
advanced age of 84 years. Betty died soon after her capture 
from hunger and exposure, and John, the third child, remained with 
the savages for more than four years, when he was ransomed and 
brought away, much against his own will. At one time during his 
captivity, he was on the verge of starving, when an Indian kindly 
gave him a dog's foot to gnaw, which for the time appeased his 
hunger. He was known among his captors as John Angary. After 
he came home, his sister Lydia wrote from Canada, urging him to 
abjure the Protestant religion, but he remained true to his early 
faith. 

Their grandmother, the widow of Benjamin Crispe, April 13, 
1698, made her will, which was admitted to probate on the 28th of 
the following December, and in it she remembered these absent 
children as follows : — 

"I give and bequeath Vnto my three Grand-Children y* are in Captivity if 
they returne Vizdt three books one of y m a bible another a Sermon booke treat- 
ing of faith and the other a psalme book." 

John Longley returned about the time that his grandmother 
died. 

In the month of July last, I was in Montreal, where I pro- 
cured, through the kindness of the Mother Superior, a copy of the 
record from the Congregation of Notre Dame, of which the follow- 
ing is a translation : — 

" On Tuesday, April 24, 1696, the ceremony of baptism was performed on an 
English girl, named Lydia Longley, who was born April 14, 1674, at Groton, a 
few miles from Boston in New England. She was the daughter of William Long- 
ley and Deliverance Crisp, both Protestants. She was captured in the month 
of July, 16S0 [1694 ?] by the Abenaqui Indians, and has lived for the past month 
in the house of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame. The godfather 
was M. Jacques Leber, merchant ; the godmother was Madame Marie Made- 



246 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



leine Dupont, wife of M. de Maricourt, Ecuyer, Captain of a company of 
Marines : she named this English girl Lydia Madeleine. 

[Signed] LYDIA MADELEINE LONGLEY 

MADELEINE DUPONT, 
LEBER, 
M. CAILLE, acting curate:.'''' 

Note. — The date of capture in this record is written out in full, and the omission of one word 
would cause the mistake ; i.e-, "mil six cent quatre-vingt," omitting quatorze. 

ifHartlH. The name of William Martin heads the list of 
petitioners for the plantation of Groton. He was an original pro- 
prietor of the town, owning a twenty-acre right. He came here at 
an early date from Reading, where he had been one of the select- 
men. He married the widow of William Lakin, Jr., — though 
neither the date nor the place of marriage is known, — and he 
lived near Martin's Pond, which was named after him. His wife 
died August 14, 1669, and he died March 26, 1672, aged about 76 
years. He left a will, dated twenty days before his death, in which 
he bequeathed ten pounds " towards purchasing a meeting house bell 
for the town's use." It was sixty years, however, before the town 
obtained the legacy, and even then only by a suit brought against 
one of the legatees, who had wrongfully received a portion of 
Martin's estate. 

jJfHOOUS. Abraham Moors, the progenitor of various families 
bearing the name in this neighborhood, came from England, near 
the beginning of the last century. He was a weaver by trade, and 
lived in the south part of the town. He married, November 21, 
17 17, Elizabeth Gilson, and they had six sons and three daughters. 
Mr. Moors died in March, 1780, aged S7 years, and his wife 
December 4, 1770, aged 72 years. Their youngest son, Joseph, was 
in active service during a part of the French War, and served with 
distinction as an officer in the Revolution. He filled many posi- 
tions of trust and responsibility among his townsmen, and died 
July 25, 1820, aged 82 years. 

TSTUttlUfl, John Nutting, the common ancestor of the different 
families in Groton bearing this name, was an original proprietor of 
the town, and owned a seventeen-acre right. His land lay on the 
northerly side of James's Brook, and his house, which was one of 



APPENDIX. 247 



the earliest garrisons, stood near the present site of Liberty Hall. 
It was from this garrison house that the Indian chief, on the night 
of March 13, 1676, "did very familiarly in appearance, call out to 
Capt. Parker that was lodged in another Garrison house," situated 
near where Captain Asa S. Lawrence now lives. 

John Nutting married, August 28, 1650, Sarah Eggleton [?], at 
Woburn, where a son was born, who may have been John, men- 
tioned below, and probably other children. A daughter, Mary, was 
born January 16, 1656, at Chelmsford, at which place John, James, 
and Mary were baptized August 3, 1656 ; also Sarah, born Janu- 
ary 7, 1660, and died soon afterward. 

He was one of the petitioners for the town of Chelmsford, and 
he removed probably from that town to Groton, where three of his 
children were born, — Sarah, May 29, 1663 ; Ebenezer, October 23, 
1666 ; and Jonathan, October 17, 1668. 

^J3tlt*tSl). John Parish was an original proprietor of the town, 
and owned a five-acre right. Pie was one of a committee with 
John Page and Ensign Lawrence, chosen December 23, 1683, to 
prove the proprietors' title to their land. In the year 1693, he 
represented the town in the General Court. Thomas Parish, a son 
of Thomas Parish, of Cambridge, and a graduate of Harvard 
College in the class of 1659, was living in Groton at an early 
date. 

^3 tltttCt. In the early history of Groton, this was the most 
numerous family in town. James Parker and Joseph Parker, prob- 
ably brothers, were original proprietors, the first named owning 
a fifty-acre right, and the other a twenty-acre right. James was a 
distinguished man, and a leader in all public affairs. A sketch of 
his life and a copy of his will are given in Mr. Butler's " History " 
(pages 281-285). He was living at Woburn in the year 1640, 
and he married, May 23, 1643, Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Long, 
of Charlestown. Their children were Elizabeth, born March 12, 

1645, married Gary ; Ann, born March 5, 1647 ; John, born 

February 18, 1649; Sarah, born August 29, 1650, died next year; 
Joseph, bom, 1651; James, born April 15, 1652; Josiah, born 
1655 ; Samuel, born 1656 ; Joshua, born March 13, 1658, married 
Abigail (Shattuck) Morse, widow of Jonathan Morse ; Zechariah, 
born January 14, 1659 > anc ^ Eleazer, born November 9, 1660. He 



248 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

married, for his second wife, Mrs. Eunice (Brooks) Carter, widow of 
Samuel Carter, and had a daughter Sarah, who was born December 
12, 1697, after the father had reached the age of 80 years. His six 
oldest children were born at Woburn ; before coming to Groton, he 
lived for a while at Chelmsford, where several others were born. 
He died in the year 1701, aged about 84 years. James's house lot 
lay on both sides of the principal street in the village, just south of 
the small stream which to this day is called James's Brook, named 
after him. His house was one of the garrisons during King Philip's 
War, and it was with Captain Parker that the Indian chief, on the 
night of March 13, 1676, talked, as mentioned in Hubbard's "Nar- 
rative." In the assault made on the town, July 27, 1694, his son 
James and Mary, his son's wife, were killed by the Indians, and 
" several " of their children carried away captives. Another son, 
Josiah, was a captain, and served in the war against the Indians ; 
he was in command at Groton, July 21, 1706, when Nathaniel Healy, 
of Newton, one of his company, was "waylaid" and slain, together 
with Ebenezer Seger, also of Newton, " as they were going to Meet- 
ing On the Sabbath day." A brother of Seger's was taken captive 
at the same time. Joseph Parker, the other original proprietor, was 
probably a brother of James, and the ancestor of the most numer- 
ous branches of the family in this neighborhood. He was a large 
landowner in Groton, Chelmsford, and Dunstable. The town's 
brandmark, used probably for marking cattle, was approved by the 
Governor and magistrates, on his petition dated M.iy 31, 1666. 

He married Margaret , and had the following children, born 

at Chelmsford, on the dates set against their names : Joseph, 
March 30, 1653; Anna, February 2, 1655, died young; Mary, 
October 28, 1657 ; John, November 4, 1660, died October 8, 1661 ; 
Anna, November 16, 1663 ; Sarah, November 16, 1666, died Sep- 
tember 15, 1704. Joseph, the father, died in the year 1690, leaving 

a large estate. Joseph, the son, married, first, Elizabeth , and, 

secondly, November 19, 1684, Hannah Blood ; he had three chil- 
dren by his first wife, and four by his second. He died about the 
year 1725. 

Isaac Parker, of this town, was one of the early settlers of 
Charlestown, New Hampshire, where he went about the year 1740. 
He was taken prisoner by the Indians, April 19, 1746, and re- 
mained in captivity until the following winter, when he was 
released. 



APPENDIX. 249 



JJCCSCOtt. This is the most distinguished name in the annals 
of Groton, and the families bearing it have been numerous. Jonas, 
the progenitor, was the son of John and Mary (Platts) Prescott, and 
was born at Lancaster, in June, 1648. He was a blacksmith by 
trade, and owned the mill in the south part of Groton, now within 
the limits of Harvard. It is said that a grant of land made by the 
town, about the year 1675, when it was much in need of a black- 
smith, induced him to remove nearer to the village. He built a 
house and shop on the lot, which was situated on the easterly side 
of James's Brook, perhaps a third of a mile south of Lawrence 
Academy. He bought lands, until he became one of the largest 
owners of real estate in the town. Two years ago, a piece of wall 
was removed, which separated a part of this lot from the highway, 
near where it forks from the Boston road, and which contained a 
stone bearing this inscription : — 

I. P. 

1680 

Rebuilt by 

O. P. 

1784 
Rebuilt by 
S. J. Park 



The initials I. P. are those of Jonas Prescott, and O. P. those of 
his grandson, Dr. Oliver Prescott. 

Jonas married, December 14, 1672, Mary, daughter of John and 
Mary (Draper) Loker, of Sudbury, and they had four sons and 
eight daughters. Two of the sons died young, but all the other 
children lived to grow up and have families. The eight 
daughters, with one exception, married Groton men, and were 
blessed with a numerous offspring. Jonas filled many important 
positions in the town, and represented it in the General Court dur- 
ing the years 1699 and 1705 ; he died December 31, 1723, aged 75 
years. 

His youngest son, Benjamin, was a man of strong character and 
commanding appearance, and like his father filled many places of 
usefulness. He married, June n, 1718, Abigail, daughter of the 
Honorable Thomas and Mary (Wilson) Oliver, of Cambridge, and 



250 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

they had three sons and four daughters. He lived on the old 
homestead, where he died August 3, 1735, at the age of 42 years, 
after a short illness caused by over-exertion while haying. His 
three sons were all remarkable men, and exerted much influence in 
shaping public affairs during an important period. 

James, the eldest son, represented the town in the General Court, 
as his father and grandfather had done before him ; was a member 
of the Senate and of the Executive Council. At the beginning of 
the Revolution, he was a member of the Provincial Congress and 
of the Board of War, and subsequently Sheriff of Middlesex 
County, and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He died 
February 15, 1800, aged 79 years. 

William, the second son, settled on a large estate owned by his 
father, in that part of Groton called the Gore, now included in 
Pepperell. He was a Lieutenant in the expedition sent in the year 
1755 to remove the French Neutrals from Nova Scotia, and a Colo- 
nel of Minute Men enrolled in this neighborhood in the year 1774. 
As commander of the American forces at the Battle of Bunker Hill, 
June 17, 1775, his name will never be forgotten. In subsequent 
years, at various times he filled the offices of town clerk, select- 
man, and representative in the General Court. He was the father 
of William Prescott, the lawyer and jurist, and the grandfather of 
William H. Prescott, the distinguished historian. He died October 
13, 1795, aged 69 years, and was buried at Pepperell ; his widow 
died October 21, 182 1, at the advanced age of 88 years. 

On the opposite page is a representation of the monument in the 
Pepperell Burying Ground, erected to their memory. It consists of 
a thick slate slab, resting on a solid granite foundation. 

Oliver, the third and youngest son, graduated at Harvard Col- 
lege, in the class of 1750, and studied the profession of medicine, 
in which he afterward had a wide reputation and an extensive prac- 
tice. He was town clerk during thirteen years, and selectman 
during thirty-two years. Before the Revolution, he held the re- 
spective offices of Major, Lieutenant-colonel, Colonel, and General, 
in the militia. Subsequently, in the year 1778, he was appointed 
third Major General of the militia, and in 1781 second Major 
General ; but soon afterward he resigned the position, on account 
of ill health. He was a Justice throughout the Commonwealth, a 
member of the Board of War, a member of the Council of Massa- 
chusetts until he declined the office, and, in the year 1779, was 




IN 

memory of 

MRS. ABIGAIL PRESCOTT, 

widow of the late 

COL. WILLIAM PBKSCOTT 

who died 

Oct. 19; 40- 1821- 

jEt. 89. 



This Stone is erected 

in memory of 

C0 l' WILLIAM PRESCOTT 

Of I'rppei-rcll; 

of October Anno DomimL J- 

in the seventieth year 

of his age. 



APPENDIX. 



251 



appointed Judge of Probate, and continued as such until his 
death. He took an active part in suppressing Shays's Rebellion, 
which had many supporters in this neighborhood. He was one of 
the original Trustees of Groton Academy, and the first President 
of the Board of Trustees. He was a member of the American 
Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of various medical societies. 
He died November 17, 1804, aged 73 years. 

J&flttcll. A family of this name settled in Groton about the 
beginning of the last century. It is said to be distinct from the 
Sawtells, who were here before them, though it is not improbable 
that they both came from the same stock. The head of the family 
was Nathaniel, and he had two sons and two daughters. Na- 
thaniel, the elder son, lived at Charlestown, and was a mariner. 
He sailed on a voyage, and was never afterward heard from. 
Josiah, the second son, lived in Groton, and was the last rep- 
resentative of the town to the General Court, under the charter 
of William and Mary. By his will, dated September 3, 1775, ne 
bequeathed to the town and church three farms and some other 
property, of which the proceeds constitute the greater part of the 
present Groton Ministerial Fund. He was buried in the old Bury- 
ing Ground. Some years ago, his gravestone was taken to the new 
cemetery, and the following is a copy of the inscription on it : — 

Josiah Sartell Esq. 

died Aug' 3o'_ h 1784. aged 74 

Mary Sartell his widow, died 

March. 30* 1790. aged 80. 

and their Children who died in minority 

Nathaniel Sartell Esq. his 

father, who died Janf 16* 1741. aged 60 

Abigail Green her sister, who 

died Decf 20^ 1790. aged 8^. 

and other relations. 

From death's arrest no age is free. 

Removed from the Old Cemetery to the new by Nathaniel 
Gillson to the lot of Simeon Gillson. 

His widow, Mary, also made a bequest to the church. The 
following is the first clause in her will, which is dated November 
28, 1789, and on file in the Middlesex Probate Office at East 
Cambridge : — 



252 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

" I give and bequeath to the first church in the Town of Groton aforesaid 
my Silver Tankard, and the sum of Fifteen pounds Lawfull money, to be for the 
use of said Church Forever " 

J&cltottll. Richard Sawtell, the ancestor of numerous families 
bearing this name, was an original proprietor of Groton, and the 
possessor of a twenty-acre right. Two of his sons were also 
original proprietors, Jonathan having a five-acre right, and Zecha- 
riah a ten-acre right. He came here from Watertown, where he 
was living as early as the year 1636. He was town clerk of 
Groton in 1662 and the two subsequent years. He died August 
21, 1694, at Watertown, where he went, doubtless, in the spring of 
1676, after the destruction of this town by the Indians. In his 
will, dated May 16, 1692, he mentions his wife Elizabeth. She 
died October 18, 1694. They had a large family, born probably 
at Watertown, three of whom, Obadiah, Jonathan, and Zechariah, 
lived at Groton. Obadiah, the eldest, married Hannah, daughter 
of George Lawrence, had Abigail, born March 13, 1665-6, and 
probably Obadiah. Jonathan, born August 24, 1639, married, 

July 3, 1665, Mary , and had six children, of whom Jonathan, 

the youngest, was born April 6, 1676, at Watertown. Jonathan, the 
father, died January 6, 1690-1, and his wife, April 26, 1676, a few 
days after the birth of her youngest son. Zechariah, born about the 

year 1644, married , and had Anna, born March 14, 1673-4, 

and probably Nathaniel. 

This family is largely represented at Charlestown, New Hamp- 
shire, where the name is spelled Sartwell. This branch sprang 
from Obadiah, an early settler of that town, who went from 
Groton about the year 1740. He was taken prisoner by the In- 
dians, May 24, 1746, and was held until August 20, 1747. He 
finally met his death at their hands, June 17, 1749, being attacked 
while ploughing in his cornfield, without suspecting any danger. 

In the printed "Journal " of the House of Representatives, June 
16, 1738, is found 

" A Petition of yosiah Sartell, shewing that he was a Soldier in the Service 
of the Province for sundry Years, and was in clivers Fights against the Indian 
Enemy, wherein many of them were slain, and he himself was wounded in some 
of the Engagements, that he has received nothing in Consideration of his Smart 
and Services, but the established Pay, that he has a large Family, and under low 
Circumstances ; that he lately presumed for want of Lands and Means of pur- 
chasing, to go upon some of the Province Land on the West side of Connecticut 



APPENDIX. 253 



River, adjoining to Northfield, a new Canada Town and some Farms, has built 
a small House thereon, and improved some of the Lands there, praying that he 
may obtain a Grant, or be allowed to purchase such Part of the Province Land 
there, as the Court shall think convenient in Consideration of the Premisses. 
Read and Ordered, That the Petition be considered on Tuesday the 20th 
Instant." 

It was voted June 22, that one hundred acres of the unappro- 
priated lands of the Province be granted the petitioner, and, in the 
record of this date, the name is spelled Joseph Sautell. 

In the same "Journal," June 13, 1759, there is 

"A Petition of David Sariwell of Groton, in the County of Middlesex, set- 
ting forth, that his Son Abel Sariwell, went forth in the Expedition against 
Canada the last Year; that near Half- Way- Brook (so called) he was in an 
Engagement with the Enemy, and killed ; that his Gun was then lost ; he 
therefore prays the Stoppage may be taken off, and the Treasurer be directed 
to allow him the three Pounds mentioned." 

JSfjnttUCit. John Shattuck is the ancestor of all the families 
in Groton and its neighborhood, who bear this name. He was the 
son of William and Susanna Shattuck, of Watertown, where he 
himself was born, February 11, 1647. He married, June 20, 1664, 
Ruth, daughter of John, Jr., and Ruth Whitney, who was born 
April 15, 1645, at Watertown. About the time of his marriage, 
lands in Groton were granted him, but it does not appear that he 
ever was an inhabitant of the town. In King Philip's War, he was 
a sergeant of a military company raised in Watertown to protect the 
remote settlements in the Connecticut valley. On one of the 
marches the company was attacked by the Indians, and more than 
one half of the command were slain. Sergeant Shattuck was de- 
puted to bear the news of the affair to the Governor of the colony, 
and, on his way, while crossing the ferry between Charlestown and 
Boston, September 14, 1675, the boat was sunk, and he was 
drowned. His widow afterward married Enosh Lawrence. In the 
year 1678, the date of the re-settlement of the town, Lawrence and 
his wife removed to Groton, bringing with them the four young 
children of her first husband, all born at Watertown. They prob- 
ably occupied the land previously granted to John Shattuck, which 
was situated in the north part of the town. The children were 
John, born June 4, 1666, and married Mary, daughter of James 
and Elizabeth (Longley) Blood; Ruth, born June 24, 1668, and 
married, probably, Jonathan Farnsworth j William, born September 



254 



GROTON EPITAPHS. 



ii, 1670, and married, first, Hannah Underwood, and, secondly, 
Deliverance Pease; and Samuel, who married Elizabeth Blood, a 
sister of his brother John's wife. 

The eldest of these children, John Shattuck, and his son, John, 
Jr., a young man in the nineteenth year of his age, were murdered 
by the Indians, May 8, 1709. They were attacked, as they were 
crossing the Nashua River, in the vicinity of the Stony Ford-way, 
near the present site of Hollingsworth's paper mills, while return- 
ing from the west side of the river, where Mr. Shattuck owned 
land. 

A remarkable fatality seems to have followed Mrs. Shattuck's 
kindred. Her husband and eldest son were killed by the Indians, 
as has just been mentioned. Her father, James Blood, was like- 
wise killed September 13, 1692. So also were her uncle, William 
Longley, his wife and five children, July 27, 1694, and three other 
of their children were carried away into captivity at the same time. 
A distant relative, James Parker, Jr., and his wife were killed in this 
assault, and their children taken prisoners. Her stepfather, Enosh 
Lawrence, received a wound in an engagement with the Indians, 
probably in the same attack of July 27, 1694, which almost wholly 
prevented him from earning a livelihood for himself and family. 
The three Tarbell children, who were carried off to Canada by the 
Indians, June 20, 1707, were cousins of Mrs. Shattuck. John 
Ames, the father-in-law of her niece, Ruth (Shattuck) Ames, was 
shot by the savages at the gate of his own garrison, July 9, 1724. 
And lastly, her son-in-law, Isaac Lakin, the husband of her daugh- 
ter Elizabeth, was wounded in Lovewell's fight at Pigwacket, May 
8, 1725. These calamities covered a period of only one generation, 
extending from the year 1692 to 1725. 

JSIjCJllCJ}. This has been a common name in Groton, from an 
early date. The first settler who bore it, and all his family, ex- 
cepting a son John, were massacred by the Indians. The sad 
event took place in the assault on the town, July 27, 1694, when 
his house was burned, and the boy John carried off into captivity 
by the savages, and held during several years. The knowledge 
which he obtained of their language and customs while a prisoner 
was of much use to him in dealing with them in after-life. Tradi- 
tion relates that, when buying furs and skins of the Indians, he 
used to put his foot in one scale of the balance instead of a pound 



APPENDIX. 255 



weight. In the summer of 1704, while he and thirteen other men 
were reaping in a field at Groton, they were attacked by about 
twenty Indians. After some skirmishing, Shepley and one of his 
comrades, Butterfield by name, succeeded in killing one of the 
assailants, for which act they were allowed each four pounds by the 
Government. He is the direct ancestor of the late Honorable Ether 
Shepley, formerly Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State 
of Maine, and of General George F. Shepley, now a Justice of the 
Circuit Court of the First Circuit of the United States. 

John Shepley, who lived at„Wenham, was probably the pro- 
genitor of the Groton family. He removed to Chelmsford in the 
year 1656, at the time the Reverend Mr. Fiske took a majority of 
his church to that town. 

StOlTC* This has been a common name for nearly two centu- 
ries, and the families bearing it have lived in the south part of the 
town. Deacon Simon Stone was an original proprietor, owning an 
eighteen-acre right. He was the oldest of the children of Deacon 
Simon and Mary (Whipple) Stone, of Watertown. Perhaps he is 
the person referred to by Mather (Magnalia, vii. 74), who was 
severely wounded by the Indians, July 4, 1690, at Exeter, New 
Hampshire. Simon Stone and John Stone, mentioned in the 
distribution of garrisons, March 17, 169 1-2, were probably father 

and son. Simon married Sarah , and it is probable that several 

of his children were born before he came to Groton, as their births 
are not recorded in the town records. Among these were John and 
Simon, Jr., who were often chosen town officers ; James, a son of 
Simon, Jr., was a* deacon in the church. 

3Tcltf)£ll» Thomas Tarbell, the ancestor of this family, sold 
his house and land in Watertown in the year 1663, and about the 
same time removed to Groton. He and Thomas, Jr., were original 
proprietors of the town, the father owning a twenty-acre right, and 
the son a six-acre right. The name is sometimes written Tar- 
bole. He married Mary , and had Elizabeth, born January 5, 

1656-7, and William, born February 26, 1658-9, both at Water- 
town. The names of two other children, Thomas, Jr., and Abigail, 
do not appear in the town records of Watertown, and they probably 
were born before he settled in that town. He was one of four 
men, to whom twenty acres of land were granted by the town of 



256 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

Groton, in the year 1665, on condition that they should build a 
grist-mill. At the outbreak of King Philip's War, he went to 
Charlestown, where he married, for the second time, August 15, 
1676, Susanna, widow of John Lawrence, Jr. He died at Charles- 
town as early as the beginning of 1681, and his widow at the same 
place, January 5, 1692. Thomas Tarbell, Jr., married, June, 30, 
1666, Hannah, daughter of William and Joanna Longley, and had 
four children. He died in the autumn of 1678, and administration 
on his estate was granted his widow, December 18, 1678. Thomas 
Tarbell, 3d, eldest child of the preceding Thomas, married, Decem- 
ber 1, 1686, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard and Isabel Blood, and 
had ten children. He was town clerk of Groton in the years 1704 
and 1705. He lived on what is now known as Farmers' Row, a 
short distance south of the Lawrence Farm. He was probably the 
" Corp° Tarboll," who commanded, in the autumn of 171 1, one of 
the eighteen garrisons in the town. Three of his children, Sarah, 
John, and Zachariah, were carried off by the Indians, June 20, 
1707, and never came back to remain. They were picking cherries 
early one evening — so tradition relates — and were taken before 
they had time to get down from the tree. They were carried to 
Canada, where, it would seem, they were treated kindly, as no 
inducement was strong enough afterward to make them return. 
The girl was sold to the French, and placed in a convent near 
Montreal ; the boys remained with their captors at Caughnawaga, 
an Indian village near Montreal, and subsequently married squaws 
and became chiefs of their tribe. Their case was brought before 
the Council and House of Representatives, April 20, 1739, in 
Boston, by Governor Belcher, when he made a speech, in which 
he said that — 

"There are lately come from Canada some Persons that were taken by the 
Indians from Groton above thirty Years ago, who (its believed) may be induced 
to return into this Province, on your giving them some proper Encouragement : 
If this Matter might be effected, I should think it would be not only an Act of 
Compassion in order to release them from the Errors and Delusions of the 
Romish Faith ; but their living among us might, in Time to come, be of great 
Advantage to the Province." 

The matter was referred to a committee, but no definite result 
was reached. Nearly forty years after their capture, Governor 
Hutchinson met them in New York State, and refers to them 
thus : — 



APPENDIX. 257 



" I saw at Albany two or three men, in the year 1744, who came in with the 
Indians to trade, and who had been taken at Groton in this, that is called 

Queen Ann's war. One of them Tarbell, was said to be one of the 

wealthiest of the Cagnawaga tribe. He made a visit in his Indian dress and 
with his Indian complexion (for by means of grease and paints but little differ- 
ence could be discerned) to his relations at Groton, but had no inclination to 
remain there." — Hutchinson's "History of Massachusetts," ii. 139. 

Some years after this time, these two boys — now grown up to 
manhood, and occupying the position of chiefs — moved up the 
St. Lawrence River, accompanied by several others, all with their 
families, and established the little village of St. Regis. 

In the month of July last, I visited the place, and was interested 
to learn from the parish priest that the descendants of these two 
boys were among the prominent families of the settlement, where 
there are perhaps forty persons who bear the name. They keep 
up in a great measure the same given names that are common 
among their collateral kindred in this town. While in Montreal, I 
procured, through the kindness of the Mother Superior at the Con- 
gregation of Notre Dame, the record of Sarah's baptism, of which 
the following is a translation : — 

"On Monday, July 23, 170S, the ceremony of baptism was performed on 
Sarah Tarbell, who was born at Groton in New England, October 9, 1693. Her 
parents were Thomas Tarbell and Elizabeth Wood, both Protestants, and she 
was baptized by the minister shortly after her birth. Having been taken by the 
savages on Monday, June 20, 1707, she was brought to Canada ; she has since 
been sold and has lived with the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame, 
established at Lachine, where she abjured her religion on May I. Her god- 
father was M. Jacques Urbain Robert de Lamorandiere, Secretary of M. 
l'lntendant ; and her godmother was Madame Marguerite Bonat, wife of M. 
Etienne Pascaud, the deputy treasurer of the King, in this country. 
Her name Sarah has been changed to Marguerite. 

[Signed] MG TE BONAT, 

PASCAUD, 
LAMORANDIERE, 
MERIEL, PRETRE." 

Thomas Tarbell, the father of these children, made his will Sep- 
tember 26, 1715, which was admitted to probate six weeks later. 
After making certain bequests to different members of his family, 
he says : — 

" all the rest & residue of my Reall Estate I give to be Equally divided be- 
tween my three children, John, Zachary, & Sarah Tarbell, upon their return 
from Captivity, or In Proportion unto any of them that shall return, & the rest, 
or the parts belonging to them that do not return, shall be Equally divided 
among the rest of my children." 



258 GROTON EPITAPHS. 

In the printed "Journal" of the House of Representatives, 
for April 22, 1746, there is found "A Petition of William Tarbell 
of Groton, a Soldier wounded in the Service of the Province, pray- 
ing a Consideration therefor." This petitioner was a nephew of 
the captives. 

2£iltfiH\ John Tinker, one of the original selectmen appointed 
by the General Court, was living as early as the year 1643, at 
Windsor, Connecticut, and afterward at Boston. He was among 
the first settlers of Lancaster, where he was a selectman and town 
clerk. At one time he bought of the Government the right to trade 
in furs at Nashaway [Lancaster] and Groton. He subsequently 
removed to New London, Connecticut, and died suddenly, in Octo- 
ber, 1662, at Hartford. 

212Ut1ltf)t*Op* Deane Winthrop, whose name stands at the 
head of the earliest list of selectmen appointed by the General 
Court, was a son of Governor John Winthrop, of Massachusetts, 
and a native of Groton, England. It was in compliment to him 
that the name of his birthplace was given to this town. The fol- 
lowing letter, written by a distinguished representative of his family, 
will be read with interest : — 

Boston, 27 February, 1S7S. 

My dear Dr. Green, — It would give me real pleasure to aid you in estab- 
lishing the relations of Deane Winthrop to the town of Groton in Massachu- 
setts. But there are only three or four letters of Deane's among the family 
papers in my possession, and not one of them is dated Groton. Nor can I find 
in any of the family papers a distinct reference to his residence there. 

There are, however, two brief notes of his, both dated " the 16 of Decem- 
ber, 1662," which I cannot help thinking may have been written at Groton. One 
of them is addressed to his brother John, the Governor of Connecticut, who was 
then in London, on business connected with the Charter of Connecticut. In 
this note, Deane says as follows : — 

" I have some thoughts of removing from the place that I now live in, into 
your Colony, if I could lit of a convenient place. The place that I now live 
in is too little for me, my children now growing up." 

Wc know that Deane Winthrop was at the head of the first Board of Select- 
men of Groton a few years earlier, and that he went to reside at Pullen Point, 
now called Winthrop, not many years after. 

I am strongly inclined to think with you that this note of December, 1662, 
was written at Groton. 

Yours very truly, 

ROBT. C. WINTHROP. 

Samuel A. Green, M.D. 



APPENDIX. 259 



(NBlttt. John Witt was one of the petitioners- for the plantation 
of Groton ; but he probably never was an inhabitant of the town. 
As early as the year 1650 he was a resident of Lynn, where he died 
December 2, 1675. 

S2S00ttS. Samuel Woods was an original proprietor of Groton, 
and owned an eleven-acre right. He is the ancestor of most of 
the families in this neighborhood, bearing the name. Two of his 
grandchildren, Thomas Woods and Daniel Woods, were with Cap- 
tain John Lovewell, in his famous fight with the Indians, May 8, 
1725, and both were killed. Henry Woods, a great-grandson, was 
in an expedition up the Kennebec River, in the summer of 1755. 
At the Battle of Bunker Hill, he was a Major under Colonel 
William Prescott, and subsequently promoted to a colonelcy ; after 
the war he was a general of the militia. 



26o GROTON EPITAPHS. 



SOME INSTANCES OF LARGE FAMILIES AND OF 
LONG-LIVED PERSONS IN GROTON. 



The following are some instances of large families, reared in 
Groton, between the years 1700 and 1800. The maiden names of 
the mothers, so far as they are known, are given within paren- 
theses : — 

Robert and Deborah Parker had sixteen children. Ebenezer 
and Abigail Blood, Joseph and Abigail (Sawtell) Parker, Jonathan 
and Ruth Farnsworth, and Oliver and Sarah (Tarbell) Farnsworth 
were blessed, each couple, with families of fourteen children. 

Mrs. Joseph Parker, named above, " left two Hundred or up- 
wards of Children & Grandchildren," according to the inscription 
on her grave-stone. She died February 19, 1787, in the 90th year 
of her age. 

Jonas and Jemima (Holden) Green were the happy parents of 
ten children, all born within a period of less than eleven years, 
and among them were twins and triplets. By a second marriage, 
Jonas became the father of nine more children. 

Elisha and Elizabeth (Adams) Rockwood were favored witli 
thirteen children. Isaac and Priscilla (Dodge) Bowers, John and 
Ruth Frost, Jonathan and Esther (Shedd) Lawrence, Nathaniel 
and Elizabeth (Page) Nutting, John and Elizabeth (Nutting) Nut- 
ting, Joseph and Mary (Prescott) Stone, Captain John and Molly 
(Everett) Williams, and Nathaniel and Alice Woods were each the 
parents of twelve children. 

Some remarkable cases of longevity and of regular succession of 
deaths, in this town, during one year, are given in the Groton 
"Spirit of the Times," for July 26, 184S. The list was furnished 
by Mr. Butler, and is as follows : — 

Molly, widow of Amos Stone, died May 13, 1847, aged 94 years 
and 1 month. 



APPENDIX. 26l 



Abigail, widow of John Lawrence, died July 10, 1847, aged g-j 
years and 9 months. 

Mary, widow of John Capell, died September 6, 1847, aged 93 
years, 4 months and 25 days. 

Major Amos Farnsworth died October 19, 1847, aged 93 years, 

6 months and 1 day. 

Elizabeth, his widow, died December 11, 1S47, aged 90 years, 

7 months and 24 days. 

Lucy, wi'dow of Deacon Samuel Rockwood, died May 12, 1848, 
aged 90 years, 8 months and 23 days. 

All the above-named persons, with the exception of Mr. and 
Mrs. Capell, were natives of Groton, and each one of the six de- 
cedents was, at the date of death, the oldest person in town. 



It is interesting to note the changes that have occurred in bap- 
tismal names within a few generations. In the early days of New 
England, certain names that now sound uncouth to the ear were in 
common use in every community. They were taken largely from 
the Bible, which was, perhaps, the only book universally read at 
that time. Zerubbabel Kemp was living in Groton at the be- 
ginning of the last century, and he gave the name to one of his 
sons, who lived to grow up, notwithstanding the infliction. Me- 
phibosheth Adams was a resident of the west parish of Groton a 
hundred and fifty years ago, but he spared his own boys. A class 
of names, common in the last century, and representing abstract 
qualities, such as Faith, Hope, Charity, Temperance, Prudence, 
and Virtue, have now entirely disappeared. The good old names 
of Molly, Polly, Dolly, and Sally are never seen in their original 
spelling ; Susie is considered a better form than Sukey, and Bessie 
is preferred to Betty. 

The name of Gabriel Lakin, of Groton, was kept up through 
several generations, and the name of Sibyl was in common use 
in the same family. John Frost, perhaps a kinsman of the 
well-known " Jack Frost," had, among his twelve children, a son 
called Scripture. His eldest daughter was Jemima, and his 
three youngest were named respectively Tryphena, Patience, and 
Submit. 



262 GROTON EPITAPHS. 



Mr. Butler, in the genealogical Appendix to his " History " 
(page 394), mentions the family of " John Darby and Mary," 
and in the next page gives that of "John Derbyshire and Mary," 
as if they were different families. They were, however, undoubt- 
edly one and the same. This view is confirmed by the name of 
the wife, the dates of the birth of the children, and the tendency 
in former times to cut words short. Before coming to Groton, 
John lived at Dunstable, where other children were born. I have 
seen his signature, and he wrote it Darbyshire. 




I NDEX 



TO THE 



NAMES OF PERSONS WHOSE EPITAPHS ARE 
GIVEN IN THIS BOOK. 



TTTOR convenience in finding any desired grave-stone, this Index refers 
by numeral letters to the four sections of the Ground, as shown 
in the following diagram. The north and south line, marked by dots, 
is imaginary. 




Diagram of the Burying Ground. 



Section 



Abbott, Mary Ann 
Abbott, Prudence 
Adams, Eliza . 
Adams, Frederick 
Allan, Isaac . 
Allen, Joseph . 
Allen, Mary . 
Amaes, Deborah 
Ames, Charls . 
Ames, Lydia . 
Ames, Mial 
Ames, Molley 



Page 

174 

165 
216 
216 

64 
150 
"5' 

87 
1 33 
iSS 

92 

64 



Ames, Nathan 
Ames, Nathan 
Ames, Robert 
Ames, Ruth : 
Ames, Sarah . 
Ames, Simeon 
Andrew, Aaron 
Andrew, Man- 
Andrew, Mary 
Andrews, Hannah 
Andrews, Ithamat 
Archibald, Ebenezer 



C. 



Section 
III. 
III. 
IV. 
IV. 
IV. 

III. 

IV. 
IV. 
IV. 

III. 

III. 

I. 



Page 
. 101 
. 211 

• 99 
. .63 

62, 64 

• 3* 
18, 234 

. 218 

. 21S 

. 1S5 

. .85 

. 220 



:64 



INDEX. 



Archibald, Henry Adams 
Archibald, Margaret Agnes 
Archibald, Rebecca Sarah 



Baker, Thomas . 
Ball, Hepzibath . 
Bancroft, Abel . 
Bancroft, Agness 
Bancroft, Agness S. 
Bancroft, Alice . 
Bancroft, Amos . 
Bancroft, Anna . 
Bancroft, Benjamin 
Bancroft, Benjamin 
Bancroft, Benjamin 
Bancroft, Benjamin 
Bancroft, Mary Ann 
Bancroft, Sarah . 
Bancroft, Sarah 
Bancroft, Thaddeus 
Bancroft, William 
Bardeen, Casindana S. 
Bardeen, Sarah . 
Bardeen, Shadrach 
Barron, Samuel . 
Barron, Silas . . 
Bates, Ann . . 
Bennett, Abijah . 
Bennett, James . 
Bennett, Samuel . 
Bentley, Elizabeth 
Bentley, Joshua . 
Blood, Almira 
Blood, Caleb . . 
Blood, Calvin 
Blood, Darling . 
Blood, Elizabeth 
Blood, Elizabeth 
Blood, Gabriel L. 
Blood, Hannah . 
Blood, John . . 
Blood, Luther 
Blood, Lydia \Y. 
Blood, Milly . . 
Blood, Oliver . . 
Blood, Folly . . 
Blood, Richard . 
Blood, Ruth . . 
Blood, Sally E. . 
Blood, Thomas . 
Blood, Timothy . 



Section. 


Page 


I. . 


214 


S I. . 


214 


I. . 


214 


. III. . 


93 


. II. . 


161 


. IV. . 


94 


. IV. . 


176 


. IV. . 


222 


. IV. . 


87 


. IV. . 


208 


. IV. . 


99 


. IV. . 


74 


. IV. . 


95 


. IV. . 


123 


. IV. . 


217 


. IV. . 


194 


. IV. . 


173 


. IV. . 


190 


. IV. . 


92 


. IV. . 


176 


. II. . 


205 


II. . 


!95 


. 11. . 


199 


. II. . 


54 


. IV. . 


47 


I. . 


161 


I. . 


195 


1. . 


210 


I. . 


J 53 


. III. . 


181 


. III. . 


1S1 


. III. . 


'59 


. III. . 


124 


. III. . 


140 


. III. . 


54 


. III. . 


J 54 


. IV. . 


208 


. IV. . 


125 


. III. . 


59 


. III. . 


3° 


. III. . 


177 


. IV. . 


225 


. III. . 


178 


. 111. . 


209 


. III. . 


222 


. IV. . 


214 


. III. . 


203 


. III. . 


136 


. III. . 


187 


. III. . 


77 



Boit, John . 
Boit, John, Jr. 
Boit, Rebecca . 
Boit, William . 
Bowen, Peter . 
Bowen, Sylvia T. 
Bowers, Benjamin 
Bowers, Hannah 
Bowers, Isaac 
Bowers, Jerathmel 
Bowers, Jonas 
Bowers, Mary 
Bowers, Phinehas 
Bowers, Phinehas 
Bowers, Samuel . 
Bowers, Samuel . 
Bowers, Sarah 
Boyden, Eunice . 
Boyden, Josiah . 
Boyden, Samuel . 
Boyden {eight child) 
Boynton, Sarah 
Bright, John . 
Brown, Aaron 
Brown, Nathan 
Brown, Sarah Pierce 
Brown, Sarah S. . 
Brown, Sarah S. . 
Bulkley, Abigail . 
Bulkley, John 
Bulkley, Peter . 
Bulkley (seven childr 
Bullard, Anna 
Bullard, George C. 
Bullard, Isaac. . 
B urges, John . . 
Burges, William . 
Burgess, George W 
Burgess, James H. 
Burgess, Levi 
Burgess, Maret . 
Burgess, Mary 
Burgess, Mima . 
Burgess, Miranda 
Buttrick, Abagail 

Carlton, Nabby . 
Carriell, Elizabeth 
Chamberlin, Sarah 
Champney, Abigail 
Champney, Ebenezer 



Section. 

II. 

II. 

II. 

II. 
IV. 
IV. 

III. 
III. 
III. 

IV. 

III. 
III. 

II. 

II. 

II. 

II. 
III. 

II. 

II. 

II. 

II. 

II. 
I. 
III. 
III. 
III. 
III. 

III. 

II. 

IV. 

II. 

II. 
III. 
III. 
III. 

II. 

II. 

II. 

II. 

II. 

II. 

II. 

II. 

II. 

I. 

I. 
I. 

IV. 

II. 
II. 



2I 3 
184 
1S4 
i S 8 

158 
141 
98 
132 

4 

107 



49 
43 
5° 
70 

'5 

56 
85 
56 

160 

i77 

169 

221 

H5 

193 

15 

57 

44 

'5 

167 

167 

224 

i/i 
1S2 
196 
225 
189 
212 
165 

177 
225 

"5 

"3 

85 
103 

72 
68 







INDEX. 




265 




Section. 


Page 




Section. 


Page 


Champney, Elizabeth . 


. II. . 


. 68 


Dickinson, James . . 


I. 


. . 26 


Champney, Sally . . . 


. II. . 


. 69 


Dickson, Walter . . . 


. II. 


. . 219 


Chase, Joseph 


. II. . 


• 83 


Dodge, Isaac .... 


I. 


• • 73 


Child, Abram . . . 


. III. . 


. 1S0 


Dodge, Lucy .... 


. III. 


. . 218 


Child, Asa 


I. . 


• 35 


Dodge, Thomas . . . 


. III. 


. . 221 


Child, David .... 


. III. . 


. 1S1 


Doldt, Robert . . . 


. IV. 


• • 197 


Child, Dorcas Thorning 


. III. . 


. 181 


Dole, Mary .... 


I. 


. . 86 


Child, Mary Paine . . 


. 111. . 


. 1S1 


Dunsmoor, Prudence . 


I. 


. . 14S 


Child, Rebecca Clark . 


III. . 


. 1S1 








Child, Rebecca Stowell 


III. . 


. 180 


Edes, Esther .... 


I. 


• • 149 


Child, Salla .... 


I. . 


• 36 


Edes, Isaiah .... 


I. 


. . 119 


Child, Susanna Woolley 


III. . 


. 181 


Emerson, Dorothy . . 


I. 


• • 1 3 l 


Child, William . . . 


III. . 


. 181 


Emerson, Sewall . . . 


I. 


• • *33 


Colburn, Sarah Frances 


11. . 


. 191 








Conn, John .... 


. IV. . 


• 33 


Farnesworth, Thomas . 


I. 


■ ■ 174 


Cook, Alice .... 


I. . 


. 124 


Farnsworth, Amos . . 


I. 


• • 17 


Cook, Curtis .... 


I. . 


. 112 


Farnsworth, Amos . . 


I. 


. . 72 


Cook, Peter .... 


I. . 


• '3° 


Farnsworth, Benjamin . 


I. 


. . 29 


Cook, Sally* .... 


I. . 


. 114 


Farnsworth, Benjamin . 


. II. 


• 73 


Cooper, Lovina P. . . 


I. . 


220 


Farnsworth, Benjamin, Jr 


I. 


. 28 


Corey, Aaron .... 


III. . 


216 


Farnsworth, Daniel . . 


II. 


• 63 


Corey, Diadama . . . 


III. . 


223 


Farnsworth, Elizebeth . 


. IV. 


. 48 


Corey, Elizabeth . . 


III. . 


. 220 


Farnsworth, Ephraim . 


I. 


. 26 


Crouch, Mary . . . 


I. . 


■ 213 


Farnsworth, Ezra . . 


I. 


• 97 


Crouch, Phebe . . 


I. . 


. 1S2 


Farnsworth, Hariot Newel 


1 I. 


• '55 


Crouch, Timothy . . 


I. . 


118 


Farnsworth, Jane . . 


I. 


. 166 


Cutler, Jonas .... 


IV. . 


S9 


Farnsworth, Jonas . . 


I. 


. 125 








Farnsworth, Jonas . . 


I. 


• '47 


Daby, Mercy .... 


I. . 


20 


Farnsworth, Mary . . 


I. 


. 161 


Daby, Phebe .... 


I. . 


20 


Farnsworth, Mary Su- 






Daby, Sarah .... 


I. . 


20 


sanna Augusta . . 


I. 


. 146 


Dana, Charles .... 


IV. . 


2 33 


Farnsworth, Patience . 


11. 


. S 


Dana, Ezra .... 


IV. . 


80 


Farnsworth, Polly . . 


I. 


. ss 


Dana, George . . . 


IV. 121 


, 2 33 


Farnsworth, Rebecca . 


I. 


. 101 


Dana, Rebecca . . . 


IV. . 


2 34 


Farnsworth, Rebekah . 


II. 


. 8 


Dana, Samuel . . . 


IV. . 


234 


Farnsworth, Samson . 


III. 


. 178 


Dana, Stephen . . . 


IV. . 


59 


Farnsworth, Sarah . . 


I. 


• 2 7 


Dana, Stephen . . . 


IV. . 


64 


Farnsworth, Sarah . . 


I. 


. 88 


Davis, Abel 


III. . 


205 


Farnsworth, Sarah . . 


I. . 


. 164 


Davis, Betsy 


I. . 


169 


Farnsworth, Susanna j 






Davis, Betsy 


IV. . 


197 


Augusta . . . . | 


I. 


. 161 


Davis, Elizabeth . . . 


IV. . 


39 


Fain worth, Jeremiah . . 


II. . 


. 8 


Davis, Joseph . . . 


IV. . 


39 


Farnworth, Saraji . . . 


11. . 


7 


Davis, Joshua . . . . 


IV. . 


169 


Farr, Elizabeth . . . . 


I. . 


. 82 


Davis, Luther . . . . 


III. . 


189 


Farr, Leonard 


III. . 


. 198 


Davis, Nancy Lawton . . 


III. . . 


225 


Farr, Persis 


III. . 


. 198 


Davis, Olive 


III. . . 


205 


Farwell, Henry . . . . 


n. . 


. 120 


Davis, Sarah Y 


I. . . 


176 


Farwell, Joseph . . . . 


11. . 


12 


Davis, Sibel 


IV. . . 


169 


Farwell, Mary M. . . . 


11. . 


. 207 


Day, Jean 


I. . . 


149 


Farwell, Sarah . . . . 


11. . 




Day, Moses, Jr 


1. . . 


192 


Farwell, Thomas . . . 


11. . 


. 8 



266 



INDEX. 





Section. 


Page 




Section. 


Page 


Fassett, Naby . . . 


. IV. 


. . 107 


Hartwell, Luther . . 


. III. . 


. 222 


Fletcher, Abigail . . . 


I. 


. .170 


Hartwell, Sally . . . 


. III. . 


. 18S 


Fletcher, Almon . . . 


I. 


• • 145 


Hartwell, Samuel P. 


. III. . 


• 179 


Fletcher, Anna . . . 


I. 


. . 41 


Hazen, Mary .... 


. IV. . 


. 209 


Fletcher, Bredget . . 


I. 


. . 10S 


Heald, Lydia .... 


. II. . 


. 222 


Fletcher, Bredget . . 


I. 


. . 116 


Hemenway, Artemas . 


I. . 


. 104 


Fletcher, Clarissa . . 


I. 


. . 224 


Hemenway, Artemas . 


1. . 


• 179 


Fletcher, Ezekiel . . 


I. 


. . 127 


Hemenway, Bela . . 


I. . 


• 147 


Fletcher, Jonas . . 


I. 


• • 79 


Hemenway, Fanny . . 


I. . 


. 156 


Fletcher, Lyman, Jr. . 


I. 


• • '45 


Hemenway, George W. 


I. . 


• 174 


Fletcher, Lyman. . . 


I. 


. . 170 


Hemenway, Jeremiah . 


I. . 


. 184 


Fletcher, Olive . . . 


II. 


. . 67 


Hemenway, Mary . . 


I. . 


. 221 


Fletcher, Samuel 


1. 


• • 131 


Hemenway, Rebecca 


I. . 


. 156 


Follingesbe, Mary . . 


. IV. 


• • 37 


Hemenway, Samuel . . 


I. . 


.151 


Frost, Benjamin S. . . 


I. 


. 1S4 


Hemenway, Samuel . . 


I. . 


. 160 


Frost, Solomon . . . 


I. 


. . 19S 


Hemenway, Sarah . 


I. . 


. 165 








Hevves, Benjamin T. . 


11. . 


. 202 


Gage, Louisa .... 


. IV. 


• • 2 34 


Hill, Mary Abby . . . 


. II. . 


. 191 


Gale, Frederick Alonzo 


II. 




Hobart, Lucy .... 


. IV. . 


• L32 


Simonds .... 


• • '79 


Hobart, Phebe . . . 


. II. . 


• 35 


Gardner, Abigail . . . 


II. 


. 126 


Holden, Jabez . . . 


. IV. . 


• 95 


Gardner, Abigail . . . 


II. 


• 136 


Holden, Miriam Whitny 


III. . 


• 64 


Gass, Betsy .... 


I. 


• '23 


Holdin, Abigail . . . 


. IV. . 


• 29 


George, Susannah T. . 


. IV. 


■ 224 


Holdin, John .... 


. III. . 


• 25 


Gill, Laura Jane . . . 


I. 


. IQ2 


Holdin, Lydia . . 


. IV. . 


14 


Gill, Moses A. . . . 


I. 


. 169 


Holdin, Nathaniel . . 


. IV. . 


11 


Gillmore, Moses Ames. 


III. 


. 150 


Holdin, Nathaniel . . 


. IV. . 


1 1 


Gillson, Elezer . . . 


IV. 


• 2 5 


Holdin, Sarah 


I. . 


25 


Gillson, John .... 


IV. 


• 2 3 


Holdin, Sarah . . . 


III. . 


33 


Gilson, Charlotte . . 


II. 


. 210 


Holmes, John . . . 


11. . 


206 


Gilson, Fannie . . . 


IV. 


• 223 


Hopkins, Bradley . 


I. . 


'7' 


Gilson, Francis . . 


IV. 


• 223 


Hopkins, Dorcas . 


I. . 


194 


( iragg, Eunice . . 


IV. 


• 130 


Hopkins, Ebenezer . . 


1. . 


I }2 


Gragg, John .... 


IV. 


.111 


Hopkins, Ebenezer . . 


I. . 


162 


1 >ragg, Mary P. . . . 


[V. 


. 212 


Hubbard, Thomas . . 


IV. . 


6 


1 ri agg, Thomas . . 


IV. 


• "3° 


Hunt, Joseph W. . 


I. . . 


192 


Gragg, William . . . 


IV. 


. 212 


Hunt, Mahala . . . . 


III. . 


206 


Green, Abigail . . . 




• 251 


Hunt, Martha . . . 


III. . 


204 


f .ncn. Benjamin . . . . 


III. 


• 73 


Hunt, Susan M 


III. . 


214 


i •! een, l >a\ id 


IV. . 


■ 159 


Hunt, William H. . . 


1. . 


192 


Green, Elizebeth . . . 


11. . 


• 'I 








Green, Eunice . . . . 


IV. . 


■ 5* 


Jaquith, Benjamin . . 


11. . 


14S 


Green, Hannah . . . . 


III. . 


. 109 


Jewett, Sarah J 


11. . 


•95 


i iiccn, James 


III. . 


. 28 


Johnson, James Demmore 


11. . . 


107 


Green, Jonathan . . . . 


IV. . 


• 32 


Johnson, John . . . . 


II. . . 


183 


Green, Jonathan, Jr. . . 


IV. . 


32 


Johnson, Susa . . . . 


11. . . 


188 


Green, Josiah 


IV. . 


• 27 








Green, Sarah 


IV. . 


. 89 


Kemp, Almira . . . . 


I. . . 


203 


Green, William . . . . 


111. . 


. 80 


Kemp, Ephraim . . . . 


III. . . 


138 


Gulliver, Mary . . . . 


IV. . 


• '4i 


Kemp, Harriet Augusta . 
Kemp, Polly 


II. . . 

1. . . 


i.,o 
22 3 



INDEX. 



267 





Section. 


Page 


Kemp, Stephen . . . 


I. . 


• 134 


Kemp, William . . . 


I. . 


• 223 


Kenrick, Abigail . . . 


. IV. . 


. 69 


Kimball, Charles Henry 


. IV. . 


. 190 


Kindall, James . . . 


I. . 


. 126 


Lakin, Eunice . . 


IV. . 


. Ill 


Lakin, Jacob .... 


. IV. . 


• 30 


Lakin, Joshua 


IV. . 


• 74 


Lakin, Mary .... 


. IV. . 


• 5 1 


Lakin, Miriam . . . 


IV. . 


. 66 


Lawrance, Abigail . . 


II. . 


• 65 


Lawrance, Abigail . . 


II. . 


• 9 1 


Lawrance, Amos . . . 


II. . 


. 60 


Lawrance, Amos . . . 


II. . 


• 9 1 


Lawrance, Anna . . . 


. IV. . 


■ 3 1 


Lawrance, Asa . . . 


IV. . 


. 120 


Lawrance, Betsy . . . 


I. . 


LSt 


Lawrance, Esther . . 


I. . 


. 9 S 


Lawrance, Jonathan 


I. . 


. 6 


Lawrance, Jonathan 


I. . 


7 1 


Lawrance, Jonathan 


IV. . 


. 98 


Lawrance, Mary . . . 


IV. . 


. no 


Lawrance, Nathaniel . 


IV. . 


• 45 


Lawrance, Rebeckah 


IV. . 


5 


Lawrance, Rebekah . . 


IV. . 


104 


Lawrance, Ruth . 


I. . 


116 


Lawrance, Thomas . 


1. . 


6 


Lawrance, Thomas . 


IV. . 


144 


Lawrance, Unice . . . 


IV. . 


16 


Lawrence, Abel . . . 


11. . 


21 


Lawrence, Abel . . . 


11. . 


53 


Lawrence, Ase . 


II. . 


35 


Lawrence, Benjamin 


IV. . 


130 


Lawrence, Dradamy 


IV. . 


81 


Lawrence, Joel . . . 


I. . 


168 


Lawrence, John . . . 


11. . 


55 


Lawrence, John, 2d . . 


11. . 


183 


Lawrence, Lucy . . . . 


I. . 


'73 


Lawrence, Lucy . . . . 


I. . 


205 


Lawrence, Mahala . . . 


IV. 100 


'39 


Lawrence, Margaret 


II. . 


183 


Lawrence, Marjary . . . 


IV. . 


143 


Lawrence, Nehemiah . . 


II. . 


93 


Lawrence, Oratio Gaits . 


IV. . . 


81 


Lawrence, Philomela . 


IV. . . 


67 


Lawrence, Rowland . . 


IV. . 


139 


Lawrence, Sally . . . . 


IV. . . 


171 


Lawrence, Salmon . . . 


IV. . . 


172 


Lawrence, Salmon, Jr. 


IV. . . 


171 


Lawrence, Susanna . . . 


II. . . 


4 2 



Lawrence, William . 
Lepear, William . . 
Lewis, Aaron . . . 
Lewis, Asa 
Lewis, George Kortlandt 
Lewis, James . . . 
Lewis, James . 
Lewis, Jonathan Clark 
Lewis, Lucy . 
Lewis, Lucy . . 
Lewis, Martha . . 
Lewis, Merric . . 
Lewis, Rebecca . . 
Lewis, Rebecca . 
Lewis, Reuben . . 
Lewis, Sally . 
Livermore, Daniel . 
Longley, Deborah . 
Longley, John . . 
Loring, Jonathan 
Loring, Mary T. 
Lund, William W. . 

M., A. W. (foot-stone) 
McDaniel, Nancy A. 
McDaniel, William . 
McLain, Rachel . . 
Mellen, Levi Henry 
Moncrieff, Mary Jane 
Moore (infant) . 
Moore. Charlotte P. 
Moore, Nathan K 
Moors, Abraham . 
Moors, Elizabeth 
Moors, James 
Moors, James 
Moors, Lucy . . 
Moors, Lucy . . 
Moors, Mary H. 
Moors, Olive . . 
Moors, Samuel . 
Morse, Benjamin 
Morse, Mary . . 
Munroe, Stephen 

Nash, Ephraim . 
Nutting, Abijah . 
Nutting, Asa . . 
Nutting, Avery E. 
Nutting, David . 
Nutting, Edeth . 



Section 
II. 
IV. 

II. 

I. 

II. 

II. 

II. 

III. 

1. 
II. 

I. 
II. 
II. 
II. 

I. 
II. 

IV. 

I. 

I. 
II. 
II. 
11. 

II. 

I. 

I. 

I. 
II. 
II. 
II. 

IV. 
IV. 

I. 

I. 

I. 
III. 

I. 

I. 
III. 

I. 

I. 

I. 

I. 

I. 

I. 
I. 

IV. 
IV. 

II. 
II. 



Page 
. 42 
. 127 
. 209 
. 206 

• 154 

■ >35 
. 170 
. 86 

■ I 7° 

. 187 
. 216 
. 217 

■ *35 

. 142 

. 121 
. I76 

• 117 

• 41 
. IS 

• 2I 5 

• 2I 5 

• i93 



200 
187 
211 

!35 
158 
158 

S 4 

53 
120 
201 

59 

66 

201 

12S 

65 

17S 

.78 

150 

116 
218 

'57 
ie8 



268 




INDEX. 














Section. 


Page 


Section. 


Page 


Nutting, Elizabeth . . . 


I. . 


. 109 


Parker, Eunice .... IV. . . 


97 


Nutting, Ephraim . . . 


III. 


. 108 


Parker, Henry 








IV. . 


2 34 


Nutting, Ephraim . . 


IV. . 


• 157 


Parker, James 








II. . 


16 


Nutting, Eunice . . . . 


I. . 


. lf)2 


Parker, James, Jr 








II. . 


i/ 


Nutting, Jane . . . . 


II. 


. .56 


Parker, James 








II. . 


2-1 


Nutting, Jerusha . . . 


III. 


• 138 


Parker, James 








11. . 


3-1 


Nutting, Joseph D. 


II. . 


. 198 


Parker, Jane . 








IV. . 


234 


Nutting, Joseph T. . . . 


11. . 


• 143 


Parker, Joseph 








IV. . 


2-1 


Nutting, Lucinda . . . 


II. 


. 201 


Parker, Joseph 








IV. . 


7C 


Nutting, Luther . . . . 


IV. . 


. I58 


Parker, Mary 








II. . 


45 


Nutting, Mary . . . . 


II. . 


• 157 


Parker, Mary . 








IV. . 


'5: 


Nutting, Mary . • ■ 


IV. 


. 182 


Parker, Nathaniel 






IV. . 


61 


Nutting, Phineas . . . 


II. 


• 197 


Parker, Nehemiah 






IV. . 


7< 


Nutting, Ralph . . . . 


II. . 


. I08 


Parker, Obidiah . 






III. . 


3 


Nutting, Salmon . . . 


I. 


. 163 


Parker, Peter 






II. . 


7/ 


Nutting, Simeon . . . 


II. . 


• 194 


Parker, Peter . . . 






II. . 


9< 


Nutting, Sophia . . . 


II. 


. 220 


Parker, Phineas . 






I. . 


13; 


Nutting, Susanna . . 


II. 


. 114 


Parker, Phinehas 






. II. . 


1 


Nutting, Thomas Barrett . 


11. 


. II9 


Parker, Sarah 






I. . 


3< 


Nutting, William . . . 


II. 


• 75 


Parker, Sibbel 






III. . 


3< 


Nutting, William . . 


II. 


• 175 


Parker, Silas . . 






II. . 


13! 


Nutting, William D. . 


II. 


. 205 


Parker, William . 
Parker, William . 






III. . 
. III. . 


3 l 
3< 


Oliver, Mary .... 


II. 


• 7 


Parker, William . 
Patch, David A. 






IV. . 
IV. . 


2 3- 
23. 


Page, Benjamin . . . . 


I. 


• 55 


Patch, Ebenezer 






. IV. . 


• 4- 


Page, Betsey .... 


I. 


• '37 


Patch, Ebenezer 






IV. . 


7 


Page, Jonathan . . . 


I. 


• 19 


Patch, Ebenezer . 






. IV. . 


• 7 


Page, Jonathan . . . 


I. 


. 20 


Patch, Jacob . . 






II. . 


T 5 


Page, Lemuel . . . 


I. 


. 21 


Patch, Mary . . 






II. . 


•5 


Page, Luther .... 


I. 


• 65 


Patch, Samuel 






IV. . 


4 


Page, Mary .... 


I. 


• 5 2 


Patch, Samuel 






. IV. . 


. 6< 


Park, Anna .... 


I. 


. 96 


Patch, Sarah . . 






. IV. . 


• 5 


Park, Eleazer . . . 


I. 


. 100 


Patch, Sarah . . 






IV. . 


5- 


Park, James .... 


I. 


• 79 


Patch, Simon . . 






IV. . 


• 7< 


Park, Jean .... 


I. 


. 102 


Patch, Susanna . 






II. . 


T 5 


Park, John .... 


1. 


• I0 3 


Patch, Susannah . 






. IV. . 




Park, John .... 


I. 


• 136 


Patch, Zara . 






II. . 


t6 


Park, Lydia .... 


I. 


• 136 


Patterson, Abigail V 


. 




IV. . 


'4- 


Park, William . . . 


I. 


. . 96 


Pearce, Ephraim . 






II. . 


1 


Park, William . . . 


I. 


. 107 


Peirce, Jonathan 






III. . 


12 


Park, William S. . . 


I. 


. . 148 


Peirce, Mary . . 






. II. . 


1 


Parkar, Susana . . . 


. III. 


• • 2 3 


Phelps, Hannah . 






. 111. . 


18 


Parkar, Susasna . . . 


III. 


• 2 3 


Phelps, Rossalixde 






. III. . 


lS 


Parker, Abigail . . . 


II. 


• '9 


Pierce, Anna . . 






I. . 


6 


Parker, Abigail . . . 


IV. 


• f >4 


Pierce, Sarah . . 






. II. . 


. i 9 < 


Parker, Addison . . . 


. IV. 


• • 2 34 


Pierce, William . 






I. . 


2( 


Parker, Benjamin . . 


. IV. 


• 5 1 


Prescott {still-born) 






. II. . 


. 2( 


Parker, Deborah . . 


II. 


• 5 


Prescott, Abel 






. 11. . 


■\< 


Parker, Elizabeth Josephi] 


c IV. 


. 201 


Prescott, Abigail . 






. 11. . 


1 


Parker, Esther . . . 


111. 


• 34 


Prescott, Abigail 








. 11. . 


4- 



INDEX. 



269 



Prescott, 
Prescott, 
Prescott, 
Prescott, 
Prescott, 
Prescott, 
Prescott, 
Prescott, 
Prescott, 
Prescott, 
Prescott, 
Prescott, 
Prescott, 
Prescott, 
Prescott, 
Prescott, 
Prescott, 
Prescott, 
Prescott, 
Prescott, 
Prescott, 
Prescott, 
Prescott, 
Pressey, 
Preston, 
Putnam, 



Abigail . 
Abigail . 
Abigail 
Benjamin 
James . 
James . 
Jonas . 
Jonas . 
Lucy 
Lucy 
Lydia . 
Lydia Ann 
Mary . 
Mary . 
Mary . 
Oliver . 
Sampson 
Sarah . 
Susanna 
Thomas 
Thomas 
William 
William 
Elizabeth 
Zerviah 
James . 



Quailes, Peggy . 
Quailes, Susanna 

Reed, Jane . . 
Reed, Polly . . 
Richardson, Abigail 
Richardson, Alpheus 
Richardson, Benjamin 
Richardson, Benjamin W, 
Richardson, Caroline 
Richardson, Charles 
Richardson, Converce 
Richardson, Frederic 

Augustus . . . 
Richardson, Jephthah 
Richardson, Joshua 
Richardson, Josiah F. 
Richardson, Marcy . 
Richardson, Phebe . 
Richardson, Phebe Ann 
Richardson, William 
Richeson, Joshua 
Ridgway, James . 
Ridgway, James . . 
Robertson, James 



Section. 


Page 


II. . 


46 


II. . 


90 




250 


II. . 


10 


II. . 


1 


11. . 


"5 


II. . 


4 


II. . 


19 


II. . 


45 


II. . 


146 


II. . 


123 


II. . 


122 


II. . 


9 


11. . 


iS 


II. . 


21 


II. . 


I2 3 


II. . 


146 


11. . 


46 


II. . 


105 


11. . 


45 


II. . 


92 


II. . 


46 




250 


II. . 


193 


II. . 


156 


II. . 


143 


IV. . 


66 


IV. . 


68 


II. . 


11S 


11. . 


104 


III. . 


40 


It. . 


*55 


11. . 


T 5 2 


II. . 


'75 


II. . 


164 


II. . 


I58 


I. . 


IO4 


II. . 


163 


I. . 


128 


I. . 


58 


II. . 


204 


1. . 


60 


II. . 


l6o 


II. . 


I 9 [ 


II. . 


! 54 


I. . 


36 


I. . 


132 


I. . 


142 


II. . 


3 



Rockwood, Anna 
Rockwood, Elisabeth 
Rockwood, Elisha . 
Rockwood, Elisha . 
Rockwood, Elizabeth 
Rockwood, James 
Rockwood, Joseph 
Rockwood, Lucy 
Rockwood, Lucy 
Rockwood, Lydia 
Rockwood, Moses 
Rockwood, Samuel 
Rockwood, Samuel 
Rockwood, Samuel 
Rockwood, Sarah 
Rockwood, Thomas 
Russell, Frances Loriett 
Russell, Luther 
Russell, Mary Elizabeth 
Russell, Pelatiah 

Sartell, Josiah 
Sartell, Josiah 
Sartell, Mary 
Sartell, Nathaniel 
Sawtell, Abigail . 
Sawtell, Benjamin F 
Sawtell, Betty . 
Sawtell, Ede . . 
Sawtell, Elizabeth 
Sawtell, Elnathan 
Sawtell, Ephraim 
Sawtell, Hannah 
Sawtell, Hezekiah 
Sawtell, Joanna . 
Sawtell, John . . 
Sawtell, Joseph . 
Sawtell, Lucy 
Sawtell, Maria 
Sawtell, Mary 
Sawtell, Obadiah 
Sawtell, Rebekah 
Sawtell, Richard 
Sawtell, Ruth 
Searles, Mary 
Shattuck, Anna . 
Shattuck, Anna . 
Shattuck, Eunice 
Shattuck, Ezekiel 
Shattuck, Job 
Shattuck, Job 



Section, 
III. 
III. 
III. 
III. 
III. 
III. 
III. 
III. 
III. 
III. 
III. 
III. 
III. 
III. 
HI. 
III. 
II. 

I. 
II. 

I. 



II. 
IV. 

III. 

IV. 

III. 

IV. 

II. 

II. 
III. 
III. 

II. 

I. 

I. 
III. 
III. 

IV. 

IV. 

III. 

IV. 

III. 

I. 
III. 

I. 
III. 

I. 

I. 



Page 

182 

22 

94 

97 

1 12 

105 

1 48 

19S 

207 



122 
211 

L34 
106 
199 

5° 
204 

i/4 
4 S 



24 

i/9 
102 

99 
93 
189 

49 
40 

S3 
93 
100 
196 



48 
146 

'75 



129 
141 



168 



270 




INDEX. 








Section. 


Page 




Section. 


Page 


Shattuck, Jobe . . . 


I. . 


. 140 


Stone, Emme . . . 


. 11. . 


• 65 


Shattuck, John . . . 


. III. . 


. 208 


Stone, Hannah . . . 


. II. . 


• 3 


Shattuck, Mary . . . 


III. . 


20S 


Stone, Isaac .... 


II. . 


4 


Shattuck, Nathaniel 


III. . 


146 


Stone, James .... 


III. . 


. 90 


Shattuck, Noah . . 


III. 17; 


, 217 


Stone, Jonas .... 


. III. . 


• 147 


Shattuck, Prudence . . 


III. . 


• '53 


Stone, Joseph . . . 


. III. . 


• 56 


Shattuck, Sarah . . . 


I. . 


no 


Stone, Joseph . . . 


III. . 


• 7S 


Shattuck, Sarah . . . 


I. . 


129 


Stone, Joseph 


III. . 


80 


Shattuck, William . . 


I. . 


. 12S 


Stone, Lydia .... 


. III. . 


4 


Shattucks, Genealogy of th 


i III. . 


!/3 


Stone, Lydia .... 


II. . 


164 


Shed, Simeon . . . 


III. . 


71 


Stone, Mary .... 


III. . 


102 


Sheple, Atalanta . . . 


III. . 


186 


Stone, Mary .... 


III. . 


121 


Sheple, Eunice . . . 


III. . 


49 


Stone, Molly .... 


III. . 


98 


Sheple, Franklin . . 


III. . 


1S6 


Stone, Nathaniel . . 


III. . 


76 


Sheple, James . . . 


III. . 


190 


Stone, Nathaniel 


. III. . 


95 


Sheple, John .... 


I. . 


9 


Stone, Rebecca . . . 


III. . 


78 


Sheple, John .... 


II. . 


'34 


Stone, Rebekah . . . 


. III. . 


162 


Sheple, Jonathan . . 


11. . 


14 


Stone, Salley .... 


III. . 


80 


Sheple, Joseph . . . 


III. . 


107 


Stone, Sally .... 


I. . 


'45 


Sheple, Lydia . . . 


I. . 


16 


Stone, Sarah .... 


11. . 


7 


Sheple, Oliver, Jr. . . 


III. . 


185 


Stone, Sibel .... 


III. . 


l 37 


Sheple, Phebe . . . 


III. . 


166 


Stone, Simon . . . 


I. . 


12 


Sheple, Syrena . . . 


III. . 


ij9 


Stone, Suiel Corning . 


II. . 


62 


Sheple, Wilder . . . 


III. . 


144 


Stone, Timothy . . . 


II. . 


193 


Sheples, Genealogy of the 


III. . 


1 86 


Stone, Timothy, Jr. 


II. . 


16S 


Shepley, Abner . . . 


III. . 


209 








Shepley, Amelia . . 


I. . 


202 


Tarbell, Abel . . . 


IV. . 


■ 2 33 


Shepley, Mary . . . 


I. . 


iSS 


Tarbell, Abel Harkness 


IV. . 


• 2 33 


Shepley, Stephen 


I. . 


189 


Tarbell, Edmund . . 


I. . 


109 


Shipley, Deborah . . 


III. . 


in 


Tarbell, Elisabeth . . 


I. . 


1 12 


Simonds, Abraham . . 


II. . 


200 


Tarbell, Hannah . . . 


I. . 


172 


Simonds, Miley . . . 


II. . 


194 


Tarbell, Jane .... 


I. . 


• M9 


Smart, William Henry 


111. . 


166 


Tarbell, John .... 


I. . 


• "7 


Smith, John B. . . . 


I. . 


'57 


Tarbell, Lovina . . 


I. . 


. 119 


Smith, Josiah Edwin . 


1. . 


221 


Tarbell, Lucy . . . 


I. . 


5 2 


Smith, Martha B. . . . 


I. . 


212 


Tarbell, Luther . . . 


1. . 


124 


Spalter, Betsey . . . . 


I. . 


207 


Tarbell, Lydia . . . 


in. . 


82 


Spaulding, Oliver . . 


I. . 


101 


Tarbell, Mary . . . 


1. . 


91 


Spaulding, Timothy 


I. . 


1 31 


Tarbell, Pamela . . . 


IV. . 


233 


Stanley, Dorcas . . 


I. . 


is; 


Tarbell, Samuel . . . 


HI. . 


75 


Stanley, Jeduthan . . . 


I. . 


183 


Tarbell, Sarah . . . 


I. . 


26 


Stanley, Nabby . . . . 


I. . 


220 


Tarbell, Thomas . . . 


I. . 


2S 


Stebbins, Flora M. . . . 


I. . 


217 


Tarbell, William . . . 


I. . 


29 


Steinbeck, Frederic VV. 


11. . 


219 


Taylor, Sarah .... 


III. . 


117 


Steinbeck, Mary E. . . 


11. . . 


219 


Todd, Abigail Wheelock . 


1. . 


137 


Stevens, John .... 


IV. . . 


35 


Trowbridge, Abigail 


II. 144 


, 2 '5 


Stimson, Abi 


I. . . 


162 


Trowbridge, Caleb . . . 


I. . . 


37 


Stone (infant) . . . . 


I. . . 


145 


Trowbridge, Nehemiah 


11. . . 


108 


Stone, Amos, Jr. . . 


111. . . 


'5 1 


Trowbridge, Nehemiah 


11. . . 


215 


Stone, Benjamin . . . 


II. . . 


3' 


Trowbridge, Ruth . . . 


11. . . 


155 


Stone, Emelv . . . . 


111. . . 


168 


Trowbridge, Sarah . . . 


11. . . 


2 









INDEX. 




271 


, 


Section. 


Page 




Section. 


Page 


Trowbridge, Thomas . 


. II. . 


• J 55 


Williams, Tason . . . 


IV. 


. 62 


Tufts, William . . . 


. III. . 


• 137 


Williams, John . . . 


II. 


. 61 


Tuttle, Nancy . . . 


. III. . 


. 181 


Williams, John . . . 


II. 


. . 156 








Williams, John 0. . . 


III. 


. 150 


Underwood, Susannah . 


. II. . 


• 5° 


Williams, Moley . . 


II. 


. 60 








Williams, Moley . . . 


II. 


• • 79 


W., S. (foot-stone) . . 


. II. . 


1 


Williams, Moley . 


II. 


• 9i 


Wait, Anna .... 


. IV. . 


. 106 


Wilson, Samuel W. 


I. 


. 202 


Wait, Edee 




. IV. . 


. 106 


Wood, Bennit . . . 


II. 


■ 103 


Wait, Elizabeth 




. IV. . 


. 106 


Wood, Daniel . . . 


II. 


. 10-, 


Wait, Joseph . 




. IV. . 


• 63 


Wood, Elisabeth . . 


II. 


. 105 


Wait, Mary 




. IV. . 


• 43 


Wood, Thomas . 


II. 


• i°3 


Wait, Phineas 




. IV. . 


. 118 


Woodberry, Peter . 


I. 


. 125 


Wait, Phinehas 




. IV. . 


• 78 


Woods, Abigail . . . 


IV. 


• s 7 


Wait, Phinehas 




. IV. . 


• 63 


Woods, Abigail P. . . 


11. 


. 219 


Wait, Sarah 




. IV. . 


• 63 


Woods, Alice . . . 


II. 


2 


Ware, Bela 




. IV. . 


• 55 


Woods, Benjamin . 


II. 


• 3 2 


Warren (still-born) . . 




• 57 


Woods, Isaac . . . . 


IV. 


• 63 


Warren, Abijah . . . 




• 76 


Woods, John .... 


II. 


. 88 


Warren, Prudence . 




• 57 


Woods, Lucy Trobridge 


II. 


• 47 


Warren, Prudence . . 




• 74 


Woods, Nathanael . . 


II. 


. 10 


Weeks, Adeline Amelia 


. II. . 


. 129 


Woods, Ruben . . . 


II. 


. 61 


Weston, Abigail T. . . 


. II. . 


• 203 


Woods, Sarah 


II. 


• 5 


Wetherbee, Parker . . 




. 140 


Woods, Sarah . . . . 


II. 


• 58 


Wheeler, Evelina 




• ll 3 


Woods, Solomon . . 


IV. 


. 90 


White, Hannah . . . 




. 84 


Woods, Thomas . 


IV. 


• 27 


Whiting, Grace . . 




. no 


Wyman, Betsy . 


IV. 


. 21 1 


Whitney, Joshua . . 


. II. . 


3 


Wyman, Sarah . . . 


IV. 


• i94 


Whitney, Lydia . . . 


. II. . 


1 








Whitney, Prudence . 


. IV. . 


. 40 


Young, Elisha . . . 


II. 


• i39 


Whitney, Shaderah . . 


. IV. . 


• 43 


Young, Hannah . . . 


II. 


. 200 


Williams, Evrett 




. II. . 


. 96 


Young, Lydia . . . 


II. 


. 224 



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